Yeoju Geumsa Korean Melon Festival (여주 금사참외축제)

8.2 Km 9078 2024-05-27

1278 Iyeo-ro, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-887-3893

In late May every year, Yeoju Geumsa Korean Melon Festival is held in the vicinity of Geumsa Park. Visitors can sample Korean melons grown locally as well as experience various activities during the festival.

Café Jinri (카페진리)

8.2 Km 0 2024-03-20

94 Gyeongchung-daero 2481beon-gil, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Café Jinri has gained popularity on social media for its picturesque "rice paddy view," a clever neologism that blends the words "rice paddy" and "view." Its best-selling item is the Peach Pavlova, a delightful dessert consisting of meringue cake topped with whipped cream and fresh peach slices. The fruit topping on the pavlova changes seasonally. Another crowd favorite is the Jinri Latte, which is distinguished by its topping of cream made from traditional Korean bean powder.

Yeoju Heungcheon Namhangang River Cherry Blossom Festival (여주흥천남한강 벚꽃축제)

8.3 Km 3652 2024-03-28

Gwibaek-ri, Heungcheon-myeon, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-887-3875

Yeoju Heungcheon Namhangang River Cherry Blossom Festival is a representative spring festival in Yeoju, taking place among the blooming cherry blossom trees on the banks of the Namhangang River. During the festival period, sections of the road are closed to vehicular traffice, and a range of events, performances, and photo zones are set up to enjoy.

Gilsangyo Pottery Experience (길상요 도자기체험)

8.6 Km 0 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.

Ijin Sanghoe (이진상회)

8.8 Km 0 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 Ceramics Festival (이천도자기축제)

9.1 Km 37651 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.

Olive Young - Gonjiam Branch [Tax Refund Shop] (올리브영 곤지암)

10.8 Km 0 2024-04-18

45, Gonjiam-ro, Gonjiam-eup, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do

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Pasaseong Fortress Site (여주 파사성)

10.9 Km 10314 2020-03-16

Cheonseo-ri, Yeoju-gun, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-887-2868

The stone walls of Pasasan Fortress stretch along the ridge of the 250-meter-high Pasasan Mountain. The fortress is strategically situated for national defense by being located at the edge of the river bank, from which you can see both upstream and downstream. It is said that the fortress was constructed during the reign of the King Pasa, the 5th ruler of the Silla Kingdom. The walls stretch over 1,800 meters in length. At its highest point, the wall is 6.25 meters tall, and 1.4 meters tall at its lowest point.

Take Green Coffee (테이크그린)

11.6 Km 0 2024-02-07

18 Gyeongchung-daero 1878beon-gil, Bubal-eup, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Take Green Coffee is a café featuring an outdoor garden that is enhanced with tents and a trailer house to give customers the feeling of being on a picnic. Inside, the café boasts a high ceiling and one-sided windows, creating a sense of spaciousness and openness. Its signature menu items include the vanilla cream latte, heugimja cream latte (black sesame cream latte), and Honeypresso.

Gwangju Gonjiam Ceramic Park (광주 곤지암도자공원)

12.1 Km 13298 2021-10-23

727, Gyeongchung-daero, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do
+82-31-799-1500

Located in Sam-ri, Gwangju in Gyeonggi-do, Gwangju Gonjiam Ceramic Park is largely comprised of a historic site from the Old Stone Age Era. This site was where porcelain was made and sold to the royal palace during the Joseon period. The park spans an area of over 6,611 ㎡, consisting of a sculpture park, ceramic shopping mall, cultural hall, performance hall, the Old Stone Age experiential madang, Jungang Lake Square, and other facilities that all visitors can freely enjoy within the park.

Mosaic Park, built based on art works regarding ceramics, and Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, exhibiting art pieces in sequential order, are the venues for various hands-on programs as well as food culture, outdoor, performances, events and other programs taking place all year round. The park features a multicultural complex that meets every need in tradition, culture, art, education, play, resting and others.

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