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Muchangpo Mystic Sea Road Festival
Chungcheongnam-do(Boryeong-si)

Muchangpo Mystic Sea Road Festival is held at Muchangpo Beach in Ungcheon-eup, Boryeong-si City.During the festival, the sea splits, creating a 1.5 km division from Muchangpo Beach to Seokdaedo Island (석대도). This phenomenon is called the Modern Moses Miracle and happens every year.  The festival accompanies the event which occurs on the fifteenth day of the lunar month and again at the end of the lunar month.Visitors can enjoy a wide range of attractions and hands-on programs such as celebratory performances, fishing with a torch, the Mystic Sea Road torch parade, barehanded fishing, catching manila clams, catching razor shells and many more.

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Sabi Heritage Night
Chungcheongnam-do(Buyeo-gun)

Sabi, current day Buyeo, was declared as a capital city of Baekje by the King Seong (r. 523-554), the 26th ruler of Baekjae. Since then, Sabi remained as the center of cultural abundance for 123 years, and currently holds the most historical artifacts and remains from the Baekje period, including the 52 designated national cultural assets, 3 registered cultural assets, and 57 cultural assets designated by the province. The Sabi Hertiage Night tour takes visitors on a journey of time through UNESCO World Heritage sites such as Gwanbuk-ri Relics and Busosanseong Fortress of Buyeo, Jeongnimsaji Temple Site, Buyeo Neungsan-ri Ancient Tombs, Buyeo Naseong Fortress, etc.

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Guryongpo Specialty Festival
Gyeongsangbuk-do()

The Guryongpo Specialty Gwamegi Festival celebrates the local specialties of the Pohang city region. Pohang city is widely-known as the village where Gwamegi, dried mackerel, originated, and the festival promotes this delicious dish as well as other local specialties, such as snow crabs and squid. The Gwamegi Festival presents folk games, traditional Korean music performances, specialty product (squid, Gwamegi) competitions, free sampling exhibitions, and other cultural experience programs.

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Million People Walking Festival of Namsan
Seoul(Jung-gu) , Euljiro・Chungmuro・Namsan

The Million People Walking Festival is an event free and open to everyone. Group participation is also available, giving companies, schools, and private groups the chance to enjoy the beautiful spring together. This event will also promote the ecological and historical importance of Namsan Mountain and its seasonal changes.The walking course will include roads paved with elastic blocks, on which people can walk comfortably, and beautiful small streams, providing enjoyable scenery and a good environment for taking a walk. There will be two courses including a 7km full course along Bukcheuksunhwan-ro Road (The north side circle road) (1 hr and 30 min). Various sideline events such as celebratory performances will take place, and there will be a photo zone for family and group participants.

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World Trade Center Chrysanthemum Festival
Seoul(Gangnam-gu) , Gangnam・Samseongdong(COEX)

Every autumn, the World Trade Center Chrysanthemum Festival is held, covering downtown in beautiful chrysanthemums. During the festival, various participating programs and additional events are prepared within the theme of chrysanthemum.

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Yeongchwisan Azalea Festival
Jeollanam-do(Yeosu-si)

Yeongchwisan Mountain in Yeosu has long been thought of as a holy mountain and was once the site of rituals in which the people pleaded for rain. In the spring, the mountainsides transform into a sea of pink as the azaleas come into full bloom. The annual Yeongchwisan Azalea Flower Festival in April celebrates the beauty of the mountain flowers through a variety of outdoor performances and programs such as the Miss Azalea Flower Pageant.

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Boseong Green Tea Plantation Light Festival
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The installation of a massive Christmas tree will set a start to the Boseong Green Tea Plantation Light Festival, which is located in Boseong-gun at the Boseong Green Tea Plantation, one of Korea’s excellent tourist sites. The evening light ceremony will kick off the festival, where an embroidered spectacle of lights is expected to entrance visitors. Various sites and activities like the giant Christmas tree, a themed street, a galaxy tunnel, illuminations of Botjae and Dahyanggak, a lighted street, a photo zone, resolution stairs, and hanging wish cards will be available. With a jaw-dropping size of 120 meters high and 130 meters wide, the massive Christmas tree at Boseong Tea Plantation made it into the Guinness Book of Records in 2000, and contributes to making Boseong, Korea’s home of tea and sounds, a well-known Korean attraction. During the festival, the landscape will be graced with a romantic and magical ambience of falling snow created by the arrangement of LED lights.    

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Hongwon Port Jeoneo
Chungcheongnam-do(Seocheon-gun)

Famous for its unique taste, gizzard shads are a type of Herring delicacy in Korea best enjoyed in the fall. Hongwonhang Port in Seocheon (Chungcheongnam-do) hosts the Jeoneo (gizzard shad) Festival every October for visitors to enjoy a fresh catch of this fish served up in a variety of ways. A number of popular dishes range from roasted to sashimi-sliced Jeoneo and even salads mixed with spicy marinated Jeoneo, cucumbers, sesame leaves, and parsley.The festival opens with exciting performances and a food-tasting event and ends with a spectacular evening fireworks show. Visitors can also taste a variety of other local dishes made with salted eel, dried seaweed, crab, and shrimp. Fresh produce and seafood will also be available for sale in the various shops and stands. Additional exciting events include contests for fish-catching, shell-gathering, fishing, and singing.

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MISO: Baebijiang-jeon
Seoul(Jung-gu) , Seoul City Hall・Gwanghwamun

A Must-See Traditional Korean PerformanceMiso: A Korean word that means “beautiful smile”The Miso performance is ranked by foreign visitors as the number one artistic performance to watch in Korea. Due to its high-level of praise received from both professional ciritis and normal viewers (via a survey conducted in 2012 by the Korea Tourism Organization), Jeongdong Theater has decided to showcase this performance once again, aiming for more popularization and globalization of traditional Korean culture this time.The show has been running since 1997, and for 2014 was reborn as the new “MISO:Baebijang-jeon” performance.-Courtesy of Jeongdong Theater

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The Great Battle of Hansan Festival
Gyeongsangnam-do(Tongyeong-si)

The Great Battle of Hansan (1592) is one of the four most famous sea battles in Korean history. Visitors to this festival, which celebrates the anniversary of the great event, will learn all about the battle while enjoying the beautiful natural scenery of Tongyeong.

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