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Maryangpo Sunset & Sunrise Festival
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Overview
For sixty days before and after December 22, the sun will rise from the southeast, and a good place to view this beautiful, natural phenomenon is on Korea’s west coast in Maryang-ri. To celebrate this, the Maryangpo Sunrise Festival is held every year. Visitors here will witness a very special miracle of nature, as they will see the sun rising and setting in the same place.
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- Age limit
- None (Visitors of all ages are welcome)
- End date
- 20160101
- Venue
- Maryangpo Port (마량포구) area
- Start date
- 20151231
- Venue info
- [Train]
Take a train from Yongsan Station to Seocheon Station (서천역).
* Train schedule: 05:35-20:35, runs 16 times a day
[Bus]
From Seoul Nambu Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Seocheon (서천).
* Bus Schedule: 06:40-17:15, runs 10 times a day
From Seocheon Bus Terminal, take a local bus bound for Dongbaekjeong (동백정).
Get off at the last stop (Maryangpo Port/ 마량포구).
* Bus Schedule: 06:00-20:00, runs 20 times a day - Show times
- December 31 (Thu), 2015 at 16:30 - January 1 (Fri), 2016 at 01:30
- Side events
- - Sharing of new year tteok-guk (rice cake soup) event
- Campfire experience
- Sending postcards with well-wishes for the new year
- Making a wish at the tree of hope
- Traditional folk game experience
- Making a pinwheel of hope
- Making customized mugs
- 7080 Memory lane photo zone
- etc.
Updated 2016.12.21
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56, Seoin-ro, Seo-myeon, Seocheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
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