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Insa-dong Korean Art & Culture Festival

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33-2, Insa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul (서울특별시 종로구 인사동 33-2)

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Celebrated since 1987, Insa-dong Korean Art and Culture Festival is a real feast of Korean culture and art. Held April or May every year in Insa-dong, the repository of Korea’s traditional culture, this festival features an international folk festival, parade, and singing contest. Street events include ceramic art demonstrations, portrait drawings by street artists, and making traditional rice cakes.

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Start date: 2017.10.28
End date: 2017.11.03
Venue: Naminsa Madang
Venue info: Jonggak Station (Subway Line 1), Exit 3.
Walk straight toward Tapgol Park and turn left at Kumkang shoe store. Walk straight for about 150 meters.
Show times: 10:00-18:00

Updated 2020.07.14

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33-2, Insa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul

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Subway Line 5 Jongno 3(sam)ga (종로3가) - 397.5m
Subway Line 3 Jongno 3(sam)ga (종로3가) - 397.5m
Subway Line 1 Jongno 3(sam)ga (종로3가) - 397.5m
Subway Line 1 Jonggak (종각) - 413.7m
Subway Line 3 Anguk (안국) - 576.1m
Subway Line 3 Euljiro 3(sam)ga (을지로3가) - 708.1m
Subway Line 2 Euljiro 3(sam)ga (을지로3가) - 708.1m
Subway Line 2 Euljiro 1(il)ga (을지로입구) - 737.2m
Subway Line 5 Gwanghwamun (Sejong Center for the Performing Arts) (광화문(세종문화회관)) - 938.3m
Subway Line 5 Euljiro 4(sa)ga (을지로4가) - 1077.5m

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