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- Jan 9, 202775% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Jan 31, 202775% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
The 2027 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival Opens
- The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival runs for 23 days, Saturday 9 to Sunday 31 January 2027, around Hwacheon-eup in Hwacheon County, Gangwon[1]
- Its centrepiece is ice fishing for sancheoneo (masu salmon), billed by the organisers as a fish that lives only in first-grade clean water, with a night-fishing 'biggest fish' event[2]
- The festival carries South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 'global festival' designation[1]
- Other attractions include snow sledding, ice bobsleigh, ice football and what the organisers call the world's largest indoor ice-sculpture plaza, with the lantern-lit Seondeung street festival in town[2]
- The 2026 festival drew some 1.59 million visitors, about 114,000 of them from abroad, over its 23 days, down from 1.86 million in 2025 after a cold snap of more than 10 days[3]
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- [1]75%narafestival.com/ice_ennarafestival.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Jan 9, 2027 ✓· Ends Jan 31, 2027 ✓· 42% of score
The festival's official English page: 'Jan.9(Sat), 2027 ~ Jan. 31 (Sun), 2027 / For 23 days', in 'Hwacheon-eup and other townships in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do'.
- [2]85%2027 얼음나라화천 산천어축제narafestival.com· Added Sep 27, 2026· 42% of score
The festival's Korean home page: '2027.1.9(토) ~ 1.31(일) 23일간 | 강원도 화천군 화천읍 일원', under the Culture Ministry's '글로벌 축제' (global festival) heading.[1]
- [3]80%Hwacheon ice fishing festival wraps up with 1.6 million visitorskoreajoongangdaily.com· Published Feb 2, 2026· 17% of score
The 2026 festival, which opened on 10 January, ended on 1 February after a 23-day run with some 1.59 million visitors, including about 114,000 foreign tourists, down from 1.86 million the year before amid a 10-day cold snap.[1]
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