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FestivalAutumn 2026

Goheung Yuja Festival

고흥유자축제

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Goheung, on Korea's southern coast, grows most of the country's yuja (yuzu), and for four days in November the festival is held right in the orchards while the fruit is ripe. You walk paths between trees heavy with yellow fruit, pick your own, make yuja syrup and eat yuja-flavoured everything. The 2026 edition runs 12–15 November (Thursday to Sunday) at the festival grounds in Pungyang-myeon, Goheung; entry is free and some activities cost extra. It is a long way from any big city, so most people drive. We read Korean blog posts from people who went.

Goheung Yuja Festival
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Photos: Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type3). Shown uncropped, as supplied.

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What’s on

The 2026 day-by-day schedule is not out yet (checked 4 October). This list is from the 2026 programme filed with the Korea Tourism Organization and how past years ran. Hours 10:00–22:00.

Festival grounds

Opening: 1,004 people making yuja syrupWalk-inFree
12 Nov
A mass yuja-syrup making and give-away to open the festival.
Orchard walk and lookoutWalk-inFree
12–15 Nov
Paths through the orchards up to a lookout, with photo spots and stamp-tour points.
Pick your own yujaWalk-in₩7,000–10,000 per kg (2024)
12–15 Nov
Gloves and scissors provided.
Yuja syrup and craftsWalk-inSyrup making ₩5,000 (2024)
12–15 Nov
Make a jar of yuja syrup; crafts and soap making.
Yuja foot spaWalk-inPrice not confirmed
12–15 Nov
A foot bath with floating yuja.
Makgeolli party in the orchardBooking₩15,000 (2025)
12–15 Nov
Makgeolli and pork belly among the trees. In 2024 it needed booking ahead.
Food zoneWalk-inPay as you eat
12–15 Nov
Goheung restaurants, yuja desserts and a farmers’ market.
Fire-art show and concertsWalk-inFree
12–15 Nov
Fire performers from Thailand, Cuba and Mongolia, yuja concerts, busking in the orchard. Line-up not announced.
Night light gardenWalk-inFree
12–15 Nov · Evenings
The orchard lit up after dark.

Sources: the Korea Tourism Organization listing (2026 programme), the festival's official site (parking map) and past visitors' posts (prices).

The essentials

Dates2026-11-12 – 2026-11-15
WhereGoheung Yuja Festival grounds, Hando-ri, Pungyang-myeon, Goheung
CostFree entry and parking · some activities (yuja picking, syrup making) cost extra
OrganisersGoheung County festival committee (+82 61-830-5442)
Address전남광주통합특별시 고흥군 풍양면 한동리
Contact061-830-5442 · www.goheungyuja.com/
ProgrammeOrchard walks, yuja picking and syrup making, a yuja foot spa, the makgeolli party, evening shows and lights — see “What’s on” below.

Official poster

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The organisers’ own poster, in Korean. Source: Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type3), shown unaltered. Tap to open full size.

What 15 visitors said

We searched Naver, the blog platform most Koreans use, for posts written during each festival and the month after (30 each for 2023, 2024 and 2025), and read every one to the end. Keeping only people who actually went left none from 2023 (all were previews), ten from 2024 and five from 2025 — fifteen in all. Sponsored posts were dropped and no writer is counted twice. Every number counts the posts that mentioned something.

What people liked

Walking the yuja orchards is the highlight9 of 15 posts

Paths through ripe yellow fruit, the scent, cosmos fields and a lookout 24-02 24-07 24-18 24-21 24-23 24-29 25-14 25-27 25-28

Free tastings, photo prints and stamp-tour gifts7 of 15 posts

Yuja tea, yuja ramyun samples, free photo prints, and a gift for a full stamp card 24-02 24-18 24-24 25-07 25-14 25-27 25-28

The food beat expectations6 of 15 posts

Local restaurants, yuja desserts, yuja pork belly, fried baby crabs 24-10 24-23 24-28 25-11 25-27 25-28

Plenty to do with children5 of 15 posts

Picking yuja, making yuja syrup, crafts, balloons, a drone show 24-18 24-21 24-24 25-11 25-28

Evenings are worth staying for4 of 15 posts

A rock concert and drone show in 2024; lights in the orchard after dark 24-10 24-20 24-21 24-29

What people struggled with

Car parks fill early6 of 15 posts

Full even at 10am; remote overflow lots and shuttle buses 24-02 24-24 25-07 25-11 25-14 25-28

Crowded, even on weekdays9 of 15 posts

Opening day, concerts and the makgeolli party area draw crowds 24-02 24-10 24-21 24-23 24-29 25-07 25-14 25-27 25-28

Signs and information are confusing3 of 15 posts

Hard-to-find activities, prices that differed from the leaflet, confusing bus signs, dark paths at night 24-10 24-24 25-27

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

Who goes, and when

Mostly families with children, plus couples and people with their parents. Some drove two or three hours from Gwangju or Daejeon; one family camped nearby and came back the next day. On weekdays there are school and kindergarten groups. Days are for the orchards and activities, evenings for concerts and lights.

Who they went with

With children5 of 15 posts
With parents or adult family1 of 15 posts
As a couple1 of 15 posts

8 of the 15 posts did not say.

Time of day

Evening1 of 15 posts
Day into night2 of 15 posts
Afternoon1 of 15 posts
Morning2 of 15 posts

9 of the 15 posts did not say.

Visiting from abroad

One writer saw a group of foreign tourists who seemed to have come by tour bus in 2024. Nobody mentions English signs, and the festival has no English website, so expect Korean only. Most of it needs no language — walking the orchards, the free tastings and photo prints. Menus at the food tables list prices, and the yuja-picking stall supplies gloves and scissors. Pick up the paper map at the entrance: the stamp-tour points double as a route round the orchard.

Weather and crowds

It is the warm south coast, so November is mild — on the 2025 opening day one writer found it too hot for the orchard climb, and on the last day of 2024 it rained and people came anyway. Eight of the 15 posts call it crowded, and the car parks were full even on weekday mornings.

Getting there and access

Almost everyone drives. Put 고흥 유자공원 (Goheung Yuja Park) into your navigation app. P1 in front of the grounds is closest but fills early; after that come overflow lots P2–P8. Shuttle buses run from the far lots (every 20 minutes in 2025); one writer walked about 1km over a hill from P3. The overflow lots had no toilets. Parking is free. Without a car, get to Goheung bus terminal and take the festival bus from there — one visitor in 2025 found the terminal signs confusing, so ask staff.

One 2024 post says strollers and wheelchairs could be borrowed. The orchard paths and lookout involve slopes and some dirt tracks, and the P3 overflow lot was unpaved. Toilets near the entrance and along the boardwalk were described as clean; there are shaded seats and tables throughout and a bag drop at the entrance.

Year by year

Autumn 2024

7–10 November. Busy even on weekdays; the Saturday-night rock concert and drone show won raves. Local restaurants ran the food stalls at honest prices, though one visitor found activity prices differed from the leaflet.

Autumn 2025

6–9 November. A hot opening day with parking hard from the morning. The free yuja ramyun and photo prints were popular; one writer found it too commercial, with fewer yuja activities than hoped.

Tips from people who went

  • Arrive before 10am — even then P1 may be full
  • Navigate to 고흥 유자공원
  • The free yuja ramyun runs out before noon
  • Finish the stamp tour before 4pm — gifts are first come, first served
  • Book the makgeolli party in advance (₩15,000 in 2025)
  • Buy glass jars of yuja tea on your way out
  • Bring tissues and wet wipes

The 15 posts we read

  1. 24-02 · 2024-11-07 제4회 고흥유자축제 기본 정보 및 방문 후기
  2. 24-07 · 2024-11-07 제4회 고흥 유자 축제
  3. 24-10 · 2024-11-08 전남 고흥 유자축제 리뷰, 기본정보, 가수, 먹거리, 체험부스 고흥 ....
  4. 24-18 · 2024-11-09 11월 전남 가볼만한곳 2024 고흥 유자축제 유자토피아(Feat.유자따기,....
  5. 24-20 · 2024-11-10 전남 가을 단풍 캠핑 아이들이 선택한 고흥운대청소년야영장
  6. 24-21 · 2024-11-10 2024 고흥유자축제 전남 가볼만한곳 락 콘서트 김필 부활 드론쇼 후....
  7. 24-23 · 2024-11-11 N45<일상> 11월가볼만한 축제 고흥유자축제♡
  8. 24-24 · 2024-11-11 제4회 고흥유자축제 2024 리뷰 ft.다시 가고 싶은 축제
  9. 24-28 · 2024-11-13 빵뎅이
  10. 24-29 · 2024-11-15 11월 전라남도 가볼만한곳 전남 고흥유자 축제 - 방문후기
  11. 25-07 · 2025-11-06 전남 고흥 2025 고흥유자축제 후기 먹거리일정 프로그램 가수라인업 ....
  12. 25-11 · 2025-11-06 2025고흥 유자 축제, 향긋한 유자향에 푹 ~~빠져
  13. 25-14 · 2025-11-07 가을날 노란 결실의 축제장! 2025고흥 유자축제 !!!
  14. 25-27 · 2025-11-08 유자에 진심인 2025 고흥 유자축제 유자드시면 올겨울 감기에 안걸린....
  15. 25-28 · 2025-11-08 2025 전남 고흥유자축제 리뷰

All posts are in Korean. We summarise them in our own words rather than quoting.