Yeongdong Dried Persimmons Festival

Period
 
12.16.2011 ~ 12.18.2011  
 
Address
 
Chungcheongbuk-do Yeongdong-gun Yeongdong-eup  
 
 
 
Location
 
Nangye Hall of Korean Classical Music & Youth Center area 
 
 
 
Telephone 
 
• 1330 tt call center: +82-43-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-43-740-3311~3  
 
 
 
 
Sponsors / Management
 
Yeongdong-gun Fruit Festival Promotion Committee /
Young Dong Federation of Persimmon Producer’s Associations  
 
 
Introduction
 
Yeongdong is the largest fruit-producing center in Korea, it is even known as the Holy Land of Fruit, and during the Yeongdong Dried Persimmons Festival, fruit producers and customers alike gather to celebrate one of the region’s most famous fruits.

At the Yeongdong Dried Persimmon Festival visitors can experience persimmon jam making, persimmon peeling, and can even enjoy foot bathing with persimmon leaves and persimmon peels. 
 
 
 
Age Limit 
 
Open to visitors of all ages. 
 
 
 
Transportation
 
From Dong Seoul Bus Terminal, take an intercity bus to Yeongdong.
Bus Schedule: 5 times a day/ 08:00, 10:00, 14:00, 15:10, 18:00

From Yeongdong Intercity Bus Terminal, take a taxi to Nangye Hall (난계국악당).  
 
 
 
Homepage 
 
yd21.go.kr/html/en/ (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
gam.yd21.go.kr (Korean only)

* http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/SI/SI_EN_3_2_1.jsp?cid=655023