Icheon Ceramics Festival (이천도자기축제)

.0M 2024-04-18

123 Dojayesul-ro 62beon-gil, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-645-3681~4

A UNESCO-recognized City of Creative Culture, Icheon is known for beautiful ceramics, both in the past and in modern times. Icheon Ceramics Festival is a festival that represents the art and beauty of Korean ceramics. Visitors to the festival can learn the history of Korean cermics and the industry, as well as compare the ceramic techniques from the past with that of the modern-day ceramics.

Gilsangyo Pottery Experience (길상요 도자기체험)

554.7M 2024-01-11

132, Dojayesul-ro 6beon-gil, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

You can experience pottery making at Gilsangyo, run by Kim Jong-young, a potter who has won numerous awards for jiggering techniques of forming pottery using a spinning plaster. Based on white porcelain clay, your experience will begin with the help of an expert after choosing a pottery design. Even if you are new to pottery, you will be able to complete a piece of pottery before you know it by following the instructions of the expert. After a 30-minute experience, you will paint the pottery and bake it with your name engraved. You can receive the finished pottery by courier in about two to three weeks.

Goblin (고블린)

2.0Km 2024-02-07

901 Seoicheon-ro, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Goblin is a spacious café, known for its roastery and pour-over coffee. It is bathed in natural light thanks to its large windows. These windows offer a scenic view of Icheon's rice paddies and fields, adding to the café's serene ambiance. Patrons have the option to select their favorite beans, and when ordering pour-over coffee, they can also choose their preferred cup.

Insaeng Gogijip Butcher Shop Restaurant (인생고기집정육식당)

2.0Km 2024-02-07

903 Seoicheon-ro, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Insaeng Gogijip Butcher Shop Restaurant, as its name suggests, is connected to a butcher shop. It is renowned for its low-temperature-aged Korea beef and pork, ensuring tenderness and juiciness. Customers can purchase hanu deungsim (Korean beef sirloin), handon (Korean pork), wagyu, and other meats on the first floor, and then grill them on the second floor. Standard dishes include yukhoe (beef tartare), yukjeon (pan-fried battered beef), cheonggukjang jjigae (rich soybean paste jjigae), vegetables for wraps, and various side dishes. A la carte options include hanu gukbap (Korean beef and rice soup), galbitang (galbi soup), yukhoe bibimbap (beef tartare bibimbap), and bibim naengmyeon (spicy buckwheat noodles).

Ijin Sanghoe (이진상회)

2.2Km 2024-01-11

656 Seoicheon-ro, Majang-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Ijin Sanghoe is a complex cultural space with a café, a Korean table d’hote restaurant, an Indian curry restaurant, and a prop shop on a large site of 16,000 m². As befitted for a representative city of ceramics, this space is filled with ceramics right from the entrance. In addition, there are many sculptures outside along the trail, like an outdoor art museum, providing many things to look around. The bakery café, the most famous spot in Ijin Sanghoe, has different designs for each seat, making it fun to choose where to sit. It sells many unique breads made using Icheon rice and various cakes. In particular, visitors can take the ceramic plates along with the bread they picked to their table. A rice ball-shaped bread and a fried egg-shaped bread made from Icheon rice are especially popular. It is a great place to be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of gender or age, as it is a large space full of attractions.

Icheon Ginseng Festival (이천인삼축제)

2.5Km 2024-09-27

160 Dunteo-ro 124beon-gil, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-635-2429

The Icheon Ginseng Festival has been held annually since 2015 to promote the benefits and value of the locally grown ginseng. The festival features sales as well as events.

Icheon Ceramics Village (이천도예마을)

2.8Km 2023-04-06

19, Gyeongchung-daero 3150beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-633-6381

Icheon Ceramics Village produces traditional Korean ceramics, which are of high quality. The village became the center of traditional pottery during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) for about 500 years due to the easily obtainable materials in the areas. Icheon Ceramics Village was also the center of Joseon Baekja ceramics. Presently, about 80 pottery factories are congregated at the village, and about 300 pottery kilns are in use.
Visitors can observe the pottery production process, and purchase them directly. It is worthwhile to see the crafts of these potters known as Living Cultural Treasures of Korea for creating the highest quality handicrafts. Not only are the traditional Cheongja, Baekja, and Buncheong pottery produced here, but you can also view modern design pottery. The Haegang Ceramics Art Center is the only ceramics Art Center in Korea, where you can learn about ceramics. One of the must-see events at Icheon Ceramics Village is the internationally famous “Icheon Ceramics Festival” held every year. Displayed pottery as well as, pottery classes, traditional kiln handling, pottery character show, and even parades are held.

Icheon Ceramics Village (이천도자기마을)

2.8Km 2024-01-11

56 Gyeongchung-daero 2993beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Icheon Ceramics Village is located at the four-way intersection of the ceramics village in Saeum-dong, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do. About 50 ceramic workshops are gathered in this village in about 40,000 m²area. Each workshop has its own unique characteristics, so visitors can take a look around and purchase freely. It's also fun to stop by a café and take a break. Some workshops operate a pottery-making experience program, allowing visitors to create their own work. Every spring and fall, in particular, a regular discount event on ceramics is held. Icheon is famous not only for pottery but also for its high-quality rice. Visiors will find restaurants of various sizes, from large hanok (traditional Korean house) to small houses, along the Gyeongchung-daero that serve rice produced in Icheon.

Kwangjuyo Center [Tax Refund Shop] (광주요 센터)

2.9Km 2024-04-18

3234, Gyeongchung-daero, Sindun-myeon, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

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Seolbongsan Mountain (설봉산)

3.1Km 2018-07-11

San66-2, Gwango-dong, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Seolbongsan Mountain (설봉산, 394 m) dominates the western portion of Icheon City. It has also been called Bugaksan Mountain and Muhaksan Mountain since the mountain resembles a crane with its wings spread open. Although the mountain is not rugged and maintains a well kept walking trail, it has many intriguing rock formations. There are as many as eight natural springs from which clear water gushes, and there are also Buddhist temples and relics scattered across the mountain. There are other attractions to see and enjoy as well, such as Seolbong Park, which was established at the opening of the World Ceramic Exhibition, as well as the municipal museum.

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