Korea Winter Travel Guide

Practical guides to Korea's winter festivals outside Seoul and Busan, one festival per part, published as soon as each festival announces its dates.

  1. Part 1 · Make 10 kg of Kimchi and Carry It Home: The Kimjang Experience at Pyeongchang's Kimchi Festival (coming Oct. 31)
  2. Part 2 · Jeju's Moseulpo Yellowtail Festival: Catch an 8 kg Fish Bare-Handed, Eat It as Sashimi (coming Nov. 7)
  3. Part 3 · 1.59 Million People, One Hole in the Ice: Ice Fishing and Bare-Hand Trout Catching at Hwacheon (coming Dec. 10)
  4. Part 4 · The Winter Festival That Sells Out of Dried Persimmons in Three Days: Tasting and Buying Gotgam in Yeongdong (coming Jan. 5)
  5. Part 5 · Jecheon Winter Kingdom Festival: Ice Play on a Frozen Reservoir and Spicy Red Fish Cakes Under Downtown Lights (coming Dec. 9)
  6. Part 6 · Fireworks Over a Metasequoia Forest on Christmas Eve: Damyang Santa Festival Concerts, Light Trails and Tteokgalbi (coming Dec. 11)