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FestivalAutumn 2026
Yanggu Punchbowl Siraegi & Apple Festival
청춘양구 펀치볼 시래기사과축제
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A three-day autumn harvest fair in Yanggu's Punchbowl basin, built around apples and siraegi (dried radish greens). It runs Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November 2026 in front of Punchbowl Healing House, Haean-myeon, and entry is free. Opening hours differ between sources (10:00–17:00 on the tourism board listing, 10:00–18:00 on the organiser's site). We read 79 Korean blog posts from 2023–2025 and kept 7 written by people who actually went.
What's on
Based on the tourism board listing updated 15 October 2026. The day-by-day schedule is not yet out; check the organiser's site before you go.
Seonghwangji, Punchbowl Healing House
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Sources: Korea Tourism Organization listing; Yanggu Cultural Foundation website
The essentials
| Dates | 2026-11-06 – 2026-11-08 |
|---|---|
| Where | Seonghwangji pond in front of Punchbowl Healing House, 15 Haeanseohwa-ro, Haean-myeon, Yanggu-gun, Gangwon |
| Cost | Free entry (official). Activity and food prices not yet announced. |
| Organisers | Yanggu Cultural Foundation (033-482-9174) |
| Address | 강원특별자치도 양구군 해안면 해안서화로 15 |
| Contact | 033-482-9174 · ygcf.or.kr/Festival/F60000/index |
| Programme | Concerts, events, apple and siraegi exhibits and activities, farm produce and food stalls |
Official poster
The organisers’ own poster, in Korean. Source: Korea Tourism Organization (KOGL Type3), shown unaltered. Tap to open full size.
What 7 visitors said
What people liked
What people struggled with
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who goes, and when
Mostly families: in past years parents with young children, couples with in-laws and groups of friends, plus coachloads of fans following the guest singers. It is a local, Korean-speaking crowd.
Who they went with
Time of day
Visiting from abroad
No English signage or interpretation is mentioned anywhere, and none of the posts mentioned foreign visitors. There is no booking: entry is free and in past years activities were paid for on the spot. Phone enquiries (033-482-9174) are likely Korean only.
Weather and crowds
The basin sits high among mountains and feels colder than Yanggu town, so bring a warm coat. In past years the opening Saturday was the busiest day; Sunday had easier parking but some goods had sold out. This year's run includes a Friday; we found no reports of weekday crowds.
Getting there and access
The site is a further drive beyond Yanggu town, through the Dolsanryeong tunnel and down a winding road into Haean-myeon (one child got carsick). Past visitors came by car; on Saturdays the car parks filled up, with the largest behind Punchbowl Healing House. We could not confirm bus links, and no shuttle has been announced. If you take a taxi from Yanggu, show the driver the Korean destination below.
Year by year
Autumn 2023
2023 ran for just two days, 28–29 October. Highlights included guest-singer concerts and fireworks, ₩2,000 pizza/burger/croffle making, a ball-pit prize hunt, wishes hung on siraegi drying racks, free photo booths, slow-post Christmas cards, rice-cake pounding and a goods box for visiting all three Yanggu festivals. Reusable dishes were collected at return points.
Autumn 2025
2025 ran 31 October–2 November. Siraegi rice-triangle and candy-apple making cost ₩1,000 each, biscuit decorating was free, and siraegi gukbap (₩10,000) and bibimbap (₩8,000) were on sale. Receipts over ₩10,000 and a visitor survey each earned a small gift.
Tips from people who went
- Dress warmly; the basin is colder than the town.
- Saturday parking was hard; arrive early or go Friday or Sunday.
- Goods and popular food sold out later in the run.
- Past years rewarded receipts, surveys and festival stamps with gifts; check this year's on site.
- The ₩1,000–2,000 cooking stalls were a hit with children.
The 7 posts we read
- 23-12 · 2023-10-28 [양구] 청춘양구 펀치볼 시래기 사과 축제
- 23-13 · 2023-10-29 2023 청춘양구 펀치볼 시래기 사과축제.
- 23-14 · 2023-10-29 2023 청춘양구 펀치볼 시래기&사과축제 체험 이벤트 다양
- 23-15 · 2023-10-30 양구여행 양구가볼만한축제 해안 2023청춘양구펀치볼시래기사과축....
- 23-16 · 2023-10-31 2023 축제 :) 청춘양구 펀치볼 시래기 사과 축제 _ 양구올구양
- 23-18 · 2023-11-17 [의정활동] 2023 청춘양구 펀치볼 시래기 사과축제, 제2회 강원여성생....
- 25-29 · 2025-11-01 2025 청춘양구 펀치볼 시래기 사과축제
All posts are in Korean. We summarise them in our own words rather than quoting.