Jaraseom Sing Sing Winter Festival Underway

Enjoy ice fishing, sledding and other winter fun!

Jaraseom Sing Sing Winter Festival is a perfect family outing to experience winter activities including trout ice fishing and snow sledding. It is taking place from January 6th to 29th at Gapyeongcheon Stream in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do.

The pride of this winter celebration, which marks its 3rd anniversary this year, is trout ice fishing. Four ice fishing sites, each nine times as large as a soccer field, have been created on Gapyeongcheon Stream. The ice is as thick as 40 cm, allowing as many as 30,000 people to come and fish at the same time. You may also take the fish you catch to a grill or a cooking station nearby to savor the delicious and fresh taste of the winter fish either grilled or thinly sliced.

Near the ice fishing sites is a large snow sledding field a whopping 12,990m2 in size. Here you may enjoy a variety of sleighs including a traditional sleigh, snow sled and snow-bike-pulled sleigh. You may also enjoy a super-sized sleigh which as many as 50 people can ride together, as well as ice slides. Other splendors of the festival include a snow castle which is 20m in length and 5m in height, and a set of ice sculptures of the 12 animal gods of the Earth, each 1.5m tall. During the festival period, a dedicated radio station will play songs requested by visitors along with stories visitors want to share.

☞ Go to Jaraseom Singsing Winter Festival

- Period: January 6 (Fri) – 29 (Sun), 2012
- Venue: Gyeonggi-do Gapyeong-gun Gapyeongcheon Stream area

Ticket price for fishing hole: 13,000 won per person (upon purchasing the ticket, Love Gapyeong Coupon (a cash equivalent in Gapyeong area) worth 5,000 won will be provided)
(Note that different price rates are applied for snow and ice sledding fielsd depending on the facilities used and the service hours)

☞ 1330 tt call center: +82-31-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)

☞ Festival Homepage: www.singsingfestival.net (Korean)

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