What can you do in Korea in Winter?
There is not only ski or ice skate, A special Ice Festival is waiting for you!
Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival was designated as a representative festival in Korea by Ministry of Culture and nominated as one of seven winter wonders of the world by CNN.
Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival was started in 2003 and this year (2016) is 13th festival.
The river is covered with a thick layer of ice, so you can enjoy ice fishing there.
Also you can join the special event to catch mountain trout with your bare hands!
After fishing or catching the mountain trouts, you can eat them on the spot by grilling or just raw like sashimi.
Besides that, there are performance, light street, exhibition of ice sculptures and so on.
Period: 9 -31 January.’2016
Place : Hwacheon Riverside, Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, Seoul
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