Uljin Snow Crab Festival
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Overview
This festival celebrates Uljin's famous local specialty, snow crabs. Visitors can taste fresh seafood caught from Uljin's Hupo Port and participate in a variety of crab-related events, including a snow crab eating competition or fishing for snow crabs.
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- End date
- 20160301
- Venue
- Hanmaeum Plaza area (Hupohang Port), Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Start date
- 20160227
- Venue info
- [Bus]
From Dong Seoul Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Hupo.
* Bus schedule (Subject to change): 15:25
- From Hupo Bus Terminal, cross the road and then take a bus bound for Uljin-Pyeonghae and get off at Hupo Suhyup Bus Stop.
OR
From Dong Seoul Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Pyeonghae.
* Bus schedule (Subject to change): 07:30, 08:50, 11:10, 13:30, 15:25, 15:40, 17:00
- From Pyeonghae Bus Terminal, take a Pyeonghae-Pyeonghae, Pyeonghae-Hupo, Uljin-Pyeonghae, or Uljin-Hupo route bus to Hupo Suhyup Bus Stop.
Updated 2017.01.16
Introduction
Programs
* Cultural Programs: Wishing ceremony, tug-of-war
* Hands-on Experience Programs: Tourist Uljin Snow Crab Auction, yacht rides, making giant crab gimbap (dried seaweed rolls), writing wishes on the crab shell, face painting, free sampling of snow crab, etc.
* Festival venues have snow crab restaurants, local farmer’s market, children’s playground, etc.
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Hupo-ri, Hupo-myeon, Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
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