At a glance
| Dates | Expected Dec/Jan/Feb/Mar 2026–27Not announced as of 18 October 2026. The last three editions opened on the first Friday of December (1 Dec 2023, 6 Dec 2024, 5 Dec 2025) and closed on a Sunday in mid-March (17 Mar 2024, 16 Mar 2025, 15 Mar 2026), so expect roughly Friday 4 December 2026 to mid-March 2027. It would be the 20th edition. |
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| Next edition | 2026: Not announced as of 18 October 2026. The last three editions opened on the first Friday of December (1 Dec 2023, 6 Dec 2024, 5 Dec 2025) and closed on a Sunday in mid-March (17 Mar 2024, 16 Mar 2025, 15 Mar 2026), so expect roughly Friday 4 December 2026 to mid-March 2027. It would be the 20th edition. |
| Weather | December average 3/−9 °C (37/16 °F), 18 mm of rain January average 1/−11 °C (34/12 °F), 15 mm of rain February average 5/−8 °C (40/17 °F), 29 mm of rain March average 11/−3 °C (52/27 °F), 32 mm of rainWell below freezing at night: a down coat, hat, gloves and thermal layers. Monthly averages, not a forecast: Korea Meteorological Administration climate normals, 1991–2020 (Gapyeong: 1993–2020), Gapyeong station, about 15 km away. |
| Admission | Paid: the lights are included in the garden's normal admission, recently about ₩7,000–11,000 depending on age, with reduced rates for over-70s, people with disabilities, national merit recipients and Gapyeong County residents; there is no separate festival ticket.Adult (2025–26 price): ₩11,000 |
| Venue | The Garden of Morning Calm경기도 가평군 상면 수목원로 432 |
| Nearest station | Cheongpyeong Station (청평역), Gyeongchun Line (Seoul Metro) and ITX-Cheongchun (Yongsan–Chuncheon), Exit 1Not walkable: about 15 minutes by taxi, or about 32 minutes on bus 30-6 or 30-7 |
| From Seoul | about 1 h 5 min · ITX + TaxiLeave from Yongsan Station · One-way fare from ₩5,700 · Back to Seoul the same nightFull route · Festivals by travel time from Seoul |
| Organizer | The Garden of Morning Calm (privately run arboretum)아침고요수목원 |
| Usual timing | About 100 days every winter, lit every day from the first Friday of December to a Sunday in mid-March: 1 Dec 2023–17 Mar 2024, 6 Dec 2024–16 Mar 2025, 5 Dec 2025–15 Mar 2026 (the 2016–17 run was 2 Dec–26 Mar). Browse December / January / February / March festivals. |
| First held | 2007 |
| Last checked | 18 October 2026Checked against 24 sources · See sources |
What it is like
The Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요수목원) is a private arboretum in Sang-myeon, Gapyeong, about 65 km north-east of Seoul, laid out over roughly 100,000 pyeong (about 330,000 m²) of hillside at the foot of Chungnyeongsan. It was designed by horticulture professor Han Sang-kyung and opened in May 1996, and now has about 20 themed gardens and some 5,000 plant species. Every winter the whole garden turns into the Five-Colour Starlight Garden Exhibition (오색별빛정원전): LED lights are strung through the themed gardens in what KTO calls Korea's first festival to pair a natural landscape with light. The 19th edition ran for 101 days, from 5 December 2025 to 15 March 2026. The displays change each season. In 2025–26 the sunken Hagyeong Garden, laid out in the shape of the Korean Peninsula, was traced in light and Morning Square was filled with blue LEDs, dolphins and sailboats; in 2023–24 the zones were themed on love, animals and plants and included a light tunnel. There are no stage shows: the visit is a slow walk along lit paths, and most people allow two to three hours. In winter the garden opens at 10:00; the lights come on at sunset, about 17:00, and stay on until 21:00, or 23:00 on Saturdays. The ordinary garden ticket covers the lights, so you can arrive in daylight and stay on into the evening. Things to know: December–February evenings are well below freezing; some paths climb; and the garden is not on a railway line. Most visitors without a car take ITX-Cheongchun to Cheongpyeong Station and a short taxi ride. Local buses are infrequent and thin out in the evening, so plan the trip back before the lights go off. The free car park gets very busy on festival evenings. Outside winter the garden runs other seasonal shows, such as a chrysanthemum exhibition in October and November.
Highlights
- LED light displays through about 20 themed gardens on 100,000 pyeong of hillside, lit every day for about 100 days from early December to mid-March
- Lights from sunset (about 17:00) to 21:00, and to 23:00 on Saturdays; the garden opens at 10:00 in winter, so one ticket covers daylight and lights
- The sunken Hagyeong Garden, shaped like the Korean Peninsula, outlined in light (2025–26)
- Blue LED 'sea' with dolphin and sailboat figures in Morning Square (2025–26)
- Themed light zones and a light tunnel (love, animals and plants in 2023–24)
- Combined ticket with the garden's small zoo (adults ₩19,500)
Who it suits. Best for couples, families and photographers who want an unhurried winter evening walk among lights within reach of Seoul, and for visitors pairing it with Nami Island or Petite France on a Gapyeong day out; less suited to anyone who dislikes the cold, needs step-free paths, or must rely on buses late in the evening.
Getting there
From Seoul
ITX-Cheongchun from Yongsan (about 50 minutes, ₩5,700) or Cheongnyangni (about 34 minutes, ₩4,500) to Cheongpyeong Station, or the slower Gyeongchun line (Seoul Metro) from Sangbong (about 42 minutes). From Cheongpyeong Station Exit 1 take a taxi (about 15 minutes, around ₩16,000) or bus 30-6 or 30-7 (₩1,550, about 32 minutes; infrequent: in 2022 the 30-6 ran about every 80 minutes). The Gapyeong tourist circular bus (course B, starting at Cheongpyeong Station) also stops at the garden. By car the garden is about 65 km from Seoul, with free parking.
From Busan
KTX from Busan Station to Seoul Station (about 2 h 30 m, ₩54,400 standard class since the 1 September 2026 KTX–SRT merger), then Line 1 to Yongsan or Cheongnyangni for ITX-Cheongchun to Cheongpyeong (about 50 or 34 minutes) and a taxi of about 15 minutes to the garden.
From Incheon Airport
AREX to Seoul Station, Line 1 to Yongsan or Cheongnyangni, then ITX-Cheongchun to Cheongpyeong Station and a taxi of about 15 minutes.
Last leg from Cheongpyeong Station
Gyeongchun Line (Seoul Metro) and ITX-Cheongchun (Yongsan–Chuncheon), Exit 1. Not walkable: about 15 minutes by taxi, or about 32 minutes on bus 30-6 or 30-7
Festival shuttle
No official festival shuttle was found. The Gapyeong tourist circular bus stops at the garden on course B, which starts at Cheongpyeong Station (one-day ticket with unlimited rides: adults ₩8,000, youth and children ₩6,000, under 3 free; the loop was split into courses A and B in April 2026), but its winter and evening timetable was not found. A travel blog describes a paid evening festival shuttle from Cheongpyeong Station; neither the garden nor KTO confirms it.
Getting home
In 2025–26 the lights went off at 21:00 (23:00 on Saturdays). Buses between the garden and Cheongpyeong are sparse in the evening (in 2022 the 30-6 left Cheongpyeong about every 80 minutes), so most visitors without a car take a taxi back to Cheongpyeong Station, about 15 minutes. ITX-Cheongchun and Gyeongchun-line trains run from Cheongpyeong to Seoul into the evening; check the last train in the Korail+ app (코레일+, where KTX and former SRT trains are now booked) or at the station before you go, especially for a Saturday visit to the late close.
Parking
Free on-site parking (KTO). It gets very busy on festival evenings, especially at weekends, so arrive in the afternoon.
How to switch Naver Map and Kakao Map to English
Google Maps shows train, subway and bus routes in Korea but not walking or driving directions yet, so for the walk from the station Naver Map or Kakao Map is more reliable.
Before you go
1330 · Travel hotline
The Korea Tourism Organization’s helpline answers in English, Japanese and Chinese around the clock, and in several other languages from 08:00 to 19:00. Dial 1330 from a Korean phone, or +82-2-1330 from a phone registered abroad.
112 / 119 · Emergencies
112 for police, 119 for fire and ambulance. Both are free from any phone. Police on 112 can add an English or Chinese interpreter to the call.
T-money card
Buy one at a convenience store such as GS25, CU or 7-Eleven and top it up there with cash. It pays for subways and buses in most cities, and for most taxis.
Maps
Use Naver Map or Kakao Map for walking and bus directions; Google Maps does not yet give walking directions in Korea. Both apps can be switched to English. Naver Map: Menu (≡) → Settings → Language (Japanese and Chinese also available). Kakao Map: Menu (≡) → Settings → App settings → Language. If the option is missing, change your phone’s language and reopen the app. Small shop names and some reviews stay in Korean.
Trains and buses
Book trains on Korail’s English site and express buses on Kobus. Holiday weekends sell out first.
Checked 18 October 2026.
Tickets, prices and practical details
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Adult (2025–26 price) | ₩11,000 | Normal garden admission, which covers the lights; 2026–27 prices not announced |
- Booking
- Individual visitors do not need to book: buy at the ticket office on arrival. Groups of 30 or more, and anyone arriving by large or limousine bus, must reserve (1544-6703). Travel blogs report advance tickets sold online, including through Naver.
- English on site
- The garden has run English, Japanese and Chinese versions of its website, and KTO lists the festival in Japanese and Chinese; the KTO 1330 travel hotline answers in English, Japanese and Chinese. On-site English signage was not documented.
- Crowds
- Busiest on weekend evenings and holidays, when the free car park gets very crowded; weekday evenings are calmer.
- Best time to go
- Arrive mid-afternoon to walk the gardens in daylight and watch the lights come on at about 17:00; Saturdays give the longest evening (to 23:00). Early to mid-February brings the best chance of snow on the lit gardens.
- What to bring
- A warm coat, hat and gloves (December–February evenings range from about −11 °C to 4 °C), hand warmers, non-slip shoes for sloping paths, a charged phone, and a T-money card or cash for the bus.
- Rain
- Lights may be switched off in bad weather for safety (organizer note on Gyeonggi Province's 2016 listing); check before setting out on stormy or heavy-snow days.
- Toilets
- Restrooms and a baby rest room are listed by KTO, plus paid storage lockers.
- Step-free access
- The garden lies on a hillside at the foot of Chungnyeongsan and some paths climb; no step-free route or wheelchair rental was documented.
Editions
| Year | Dates | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Not announced as of 18 October 2026. The last three editions opened on the first Friday of December (1 Dec 2023, 6 Dec 2024, 5 Dec 2025) and closed on a Sunday in mid-March (17 Mar 2024, 16 Mar 2025, 15 Mar 2026), so expect roughly Friday 4 December 2026 to mid-March 2027. It would be the 20th edition. | expected | KTO's Japanese listing, updated 12 October 2026, still showed the 2025–26 dates. Check the garden's website (morningcalm.co.kr) or call 1544-6703 from November. |
| 2025 | 5 Dec – 15 Mar 2026 | ended | 19th edition, 101 days. KTO's festival listing (updated 25 Nov 2025) and Gyeonggi Province's December 2025 magazine give the same dates. A travel blog's 29 Nov 2025–29 Mar 2026 dates and higher festival prices were not confirmed by either. |
| 2024 | 6 Dec – 16 Mar 2025 | ended | 18th edition, 101 days. |
| 2023 | 1 Dec – 17 Mar 2024 | ended | Hours and prices were not stated in the source opened. |
Before or after the festival
Places you can fit in before or after the festival without missing the shuttle or the last train or bus back.
A river island reached by ferry from the Nami Island pier in Gapyeong, run as a 'fairy-tale' nature and culture park with a music museum and a picture-book playground; admission, which includes the ferry, is ₩19,000 for adults. It opens 08:00–21:00, so go in the morning and leave by early afternoon to reach the garden in daylight, before the lights come on at sunset. Tip: ferry times are only on Nami Island's own site, so check them, and the Gapyeong tourist bus timetable, before you set out.
Getting there: Taxi about 33 min (about ₩31,000 in a 2022 guide), or Gapyeong tourist bus course A, changing to course B at Petite France
- Getting awayAfter
In 2025–26 the lights went off at 21:00 (23:00 on Saturdays), and evening buses back to Cheongpyeong are sparse. Most visitors without a car take a taxi to Cheongpyeong Station, about 15 minutes, then ITX-Cheongchun or a Gyeongchun-line train to Seoul; check the last train in the Korail+ app (코레일+) or at the station before you go.
Questions travelers ask
When is the Garden of Morning Calm Lighting Festival 2026–27?
Not announced as of 18 October 2026. The last three editions opened on the first Friday of December and closed on a Sunday in mid-March (the 19th ran 5 December 2025–15 March 2026), so expect lights from around 4 December 2026 into mid-March 2027.
How much does it cost?
There is no separate festival ticket: the lights are included in the garden's normal admission, which is paid, recently about ₩7,000–11,000 depending on age (adult, youth or child), with reductions for over-70s, people with disabilities and national merit recipients who show ID. Check the garden's notices for the coming season's prices.
What time are the lights on?
From sunset, about 17:00, to 21:00 every day, and until 23:00 on Saturdays. In winter the garden opens at 10:00, so you can arrive in daylight and stay on.
How do I get there from Seoul by public transport?
Take ITX-Cheongchun from Yongsan (about 50 minutes, ₩5,700) or Cheongnyangni (about 34 minutes) to Cheongpyeong Station, then a taxi of about 15 minutes (around ₩16,000) or bus 30-6 or 30-7 (₩1,550, about 32 minutes, infrequent).
How do I get back to Seoul after the lights?
Evening buses are sparse, so most visitors take a taxi back to Cheongpyeong Station and the train to Seoul. Check the last train in the Korail+ app (코레일+) or at the station before you go, especially if you stay to the later Saturday close (23:00 in 2025–26).
Is there parking?
Yes, free on-site parking, but it gets very busy on festival evenings, especially at weekends.
How long should I allow?
Most visitors spend two to three hours on the lit paths. Add time if you arrive before dark to see the gardens in daylight.
Can I combine it with Nami Island?
Yes. Nami Island is about 33 minutes from the garden by taxi (about ₩31,000 in 2022). The Gapyeong tourist bus also links them: course A serves Nami Island and course B the garden, with a change at Petite France.
What is the weather like during Lighting Festival at the Garden of Morning Calm?
December in Gapyeong: average high 3 °C (37 °F), low −9 °C (16 °F), 18 mm of rain (Gapyeong station, about 15 km away, KMA 1993–2020 normals). January in Gapyeong: average high 1 °C (34 °F), low −11 °C (12 °F), 15 mm of rain (Gapyeong station, about 15 km away, KMA 1993–2020 normals). February in Gapyeong: average high 5 °C (40 °F), low −8 °C (17 °F), 29 mm of rain (Gapyeong station, about 15 km away, KMA 1993–2020 normals). March in Gapyeong: average high 11 °C (52 °F), low −3 °C (27 °F), 32 mm of rain (Gapyeong station, about 15 km away, KMA 1993–2020 normals). Well below freezing at night: a down coat, hat, gloves and thermal layers.
Sources and verification
Facts checked
18 October 2026, against the sources listed below.
This page is desk research from the sources below, not a firsthand report of the 2026 edition. Confidence in the current facts: medium.
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 晨靜樹木園五色星光庭園展 (KTO contentId 1761697)kto — KTO data for 2025–26: 5 Dec 2025–15 Mar 2026; 17:00–21:00, Saturdays to 23:00; adult ₩11,000, youth ₩8,500, child ₩7,500; address 수목원로 432; coordinates 37.7448, 127.3526; phone 1544-6703; homepage; about 100,000 pyeong; first festival pairing nature and light; yearly Dec–Mar, LED; name 晨靜樹木園五色星光庭園展; updated 25 Nov 2025
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 五色星光庭园展 (KTO contentId 1760827)kto — Simplified Chinese names 五色星光庭园展 and 晨静树木园; 2025–26 dates 5 Dec–15 Mar and hours 17:00–21:00 (Saturdays to 23:00)
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 五色ピョルピッ庭園展 (KTO contentId 1761827)kto — Japanese names 五色ピョルピッ庭園展 and アチムゴヨ樹木園; 2025–26 dates and hours; adult ₩11,000; page updated 12 Oct 2026 still showing the 2025–26 dates
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 아침고요수목원 (tourist site 126668)kto — Hours 08:30–19:00 (last entry 18:00), open all year; ₩11,000/₩8,500/₩7,500, concession ₩9,000; residents ₩8,000/₩6,000; groups of 30+ ₩10,000/₩7,500/₩6,500/₩8,000 and reservation for 30+ or large buses; free parking; restrooms, baby room, paid lockers; opened May 1996, designed by Prof. Han Sang-kyung; 5,000 species; 20 themed gardens
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 晨静树木园 (tourist site 331109)kto — Winter (December–March) hours 10:00–21:00; zoo + garden combined ticket adult ₩19,500, youth ₩16,000, child ₩15,000; free parking
- Gyeonggi Province, 나의 경기도 vol. 188 (February 2025) — 오색별빛정원전municipal — 2024–25 edition 6 Dec 2024–16 Mar 2025 (101 days), open every day; 17:00–21:00, Saturdays to 23:00; lights on at sunset; adult ₩11,000, youth ₩8,500, child ₩7,500
- Gyeonggi Province, 나의 경기도 vol. 198 (December 2025) — 빛이 내려앉은 낭만적인 겨울밤municipal — 2025–26 dates 5 Dec–15 Mar (101 days), held every winter; the garden's 20 themed gardens lit; address 수목원로 432; phone 1544-6703
- Gyeonggi Province (English) — Lighting Festival at the Garden of Morning Calm (2016)municipal — English name; 2016–17 run 2 Dec 2016–26 Mar 2017; lit gardens incl. Hagyeong Garden and Sky Path; lights may be off in bad weather; Cheongpyeong Station (Gyeongchun Line) Exit 1 then bus or Gapyeong City Tour Bus; 1330 hotline; website in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese; 30,000 lights; hours then 11:00–21:00, Saturdays and holidays to 23:00
- 축제.com — 아침고요수목원 오색별빛정원전 (2024)other — 18th edition in 2024: 6 Dec 2024–16 Mar 2025; 17:00–21:00 (Saturdays 23:00); adult ₩11,000, youth ₩8,500, child ₩7,500; organizer 아침고요수목원, 1544-6703
- telltrip — 가평 가볼만한 곳, 수목원 조명쇼와 잣나무 숲길 (27 Jan 2026)blog — 19th edition 5 Dec 2025–15 Mar 2026; Korean Peninsula-shaped light installation in Hagyeong Garden; blue LEDs with dolphin and sailboat sculptures in Morning Square; at the foot of Chungnyeongsan; ₩11,000/₩8,500/₩7,500
- telltrip — 아침고요수목원 국화전시회 (4 Nov 2025)blog — Winter night-garden hours extended to about 21:00–23:00; normal hours 08:30–19:00, last entry 18:00; free parking; chrysanthemum exhibition 18 Oct–9 Nov 2025
- Allure Korea — 겨울 빛축제 한 눈에 보기 (25 Dec 2023)news — 2023–24 edition 1 Dec 2023–17 Mar 2024; themes of love, animals and plants; light garden and light tunnel; garden of about 330,000 m²
- Kyunghyang Shinmun — 아침고요수목원 오색별빛정원전 (10 Feb 2012)news — 2011–12 edition ran to 1 March 2012 with about 6 million LED bulbs; adult ₩6,000 at the time
- Creatrip (Japanese) — 第15回 五色の星ライトガーデン祭り guide (May 2022)blog — 15th edition 3 Dec 2021–14 Mar 2022; child rate from 36 months; ITX Yongsan–Cheongpyeong ₩5,700 about 50 min, Cheongnyangni ₩4,500 about 34 min (Gapyeong ₩6,900/₩5,700); Sangbong about 42 min; 30-6 every 80 min 09:50–19:20; Namiseom taxi 33 min ₩31,000
- travel-stained — Garden of Morning Calm Lighting Festival (updated 19 Jul 2026)blog — Lights on about 17:00; allow 2–3 hours; Cheongpyeong Exit 1; bus 30-6/30-7 ₩1,550 about 32 min; taxi about 15 min ₩16,000; about 65 km from Seoul; parking very busy; −11 °C to 4 °C; snow likeliest early–mid Feb; tickets on Naver or at the box office
- gusle.kr — 2026 가평 여행 코스: 순환버스 활용법 (17 Jun 2026)blog — Gapyeong tourist circular bus split into courses A and B from April 2026; course B from Cheongpyeong Station via Petite France to the garden; course A via Gapyeong Station, Jarasum, Nami Island; change at Petite France; adults ₩8,000, youth/children ₩6,000, under 3 free
- brunch @qrssa — 가평 당일 코스: 아침고요수목원 (June 2026)blog — Admission ₩11,000/₩8,500/₩7,500; over-70s, merit recipients and people with disabilities ₩9,000 (youth ₩6,500); Gapyeong residents ₩8,000/₩6,000; weekday groups of 30+ ₩10,000; open all year 08:30–19:00
- travelmapjourney — 아침고요수목원 오색별빛정원전 2025-2026 가이드 (blog, unconfirmed details)blog — Unconfirmed claims conflicting with KTO: 29 Nov 2025–29 Mar 2026, 17:00–23:00 daily, tickets ₩17,000–21,000, evening shuttle from Cheongpyeong Station 16:00–18:00 at ₩5,000 one way
- Korail — ITX-청춘 운임표, xlsx (copied from the site's Jarasum Jazz Festival record)official — ITX-Cheongchun fares 용산–가평 ₩6,900, 청량리–가평 ₩5,700 (match the 2022 Creatrip figures); Cheongpyeong fares not checked
- Wikipedia — ITX-Cheongchunother — Yongsan–Chuncheon route on the Gyeongchun Line (copied from the site's Jarasum Jazz Festival record)
- Korail KTX fare table, effective 1 Sep 2026 (xls)official — Standard class Seoul–Busan ₩54,400 (₩54,000 via Seodaegu, ₩49,300 via Gupo); checked for the site's Busan Fireworks Festival record
- Hankyung — 9월 1일부터 서울~부산 KTX 5만4400원…운임 평균 10% 인하 (31 Aug 2026)news — KTX and SRT run as KTX from 1 Sep 2026; Seoul–Busan ₩59,800 to ₩54,400; former SRT trains from Suseo renamed KTX-Sancheon
- Busan → Seoul Station train timetable, 16–22 Oct 2026 (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed)other — Last trains 22:00 KTX 82 (arr 00:27) and 22:10 KTX 84 (arr 00:42), about 2 h 30 m; checked for the site's Busan Fireworks Festival record
- KTO tourist data — 남이섬 (ktriptips mirror, tourist site 128019, updated 24 Aug 2026)kto — Nami Island: nature and culture complex with a fairy-tale theme, music museum, picture-book playground; open 08:00–21:00, ferry times on the homepage; admission incl. ferry adults ₩19,000, youth ₩16,000, children ₩13,000; reached from the Nami Island pier in Gapyeong; homepage namisum.com
What we could not confirm
- 2026–27 (20th edition) dates, hours and prices were not announced as of 18 October 2026; the garden's own site (morningcalm.co.kr) could not be opened, so its notices were not checked.
- Last entry time during the festival (normal last entry is an hour before closing), and whether Saturday's 23:00 close also applies on public holidays, as it did in 2016–17.
- Cheongpyeong ITX fares (₩5,700 from Yongsan, ₩4,500 from Cheongnyangni) and ride times come from a 2022 guide; its Gapyeong fares match Korail's current ITX fare table, but the Cheongpyeong figures were not checked against Korail.
- Last ITX-Cheongchun and Gyeongchun-line trains from Cheongpyeong to Seoul on festival evenings (check in the Korail+ app nearer the date), the current 30-6/30-7 timetable and fare, and the winter timetable of Gapyeong tourist bus course B were not found.
- A travel blog (travelmapjourney) gives different 2025–26 dates (29 Nov–29 Mar), festival prices of ₩17,000–21,000 and an evening shuttle from Cheongpyeong Station; KTO and Gyeonggi Province do not confirm any of this, and the record follows KTO.
- First year 2007 is derived from edition numbers (15th in 2021–22, 18th in 2024–25, 19th in 2025–26), not stated by the organizer.
- Number of lights: Kyunghyang reported about 6 million LED bulbs in 2012, while Gyeonggi Province's 2016 English page said 30,000 lights; no current figure was found.
- Whether children under 36 months enter free (implied by the child band starting at 36 months), and the exact age for the youth rate.
- Pet rules, wheelchair access and rental, foreign-card acceptance and online ticketing for foreign visitors were not confirmed.
- KTO's Korean and English contentIds for the festival were not found; the KTO Japanese (1761827), Simplified Chinese (1760827) and Traditional Chinese (1761697) listings were read through the ktriptips mirror.
- Nami Island's winter ferry times and the taxi time and fare from Nami Island to the garden (33 minutes, about ₩31,000, from a 2022 guide) were not rechecked; the Morning Calm zoo's winter opening was not found, so it was dropped from the list.
Changes: 2026-10-18 — Added to the site: fact-first record (dates, hours, prices, getting there, sources). · 2026-10-18 — Added a photograph from the Korea Tourism Organization (Korea Tourism Content Lab), KOGL Type 1. · 2026-10-29 — Nearby rewritten as 'Before or after the festival' (shuttle and last-train fit); transport: removed the 2022 last-bus time from Cheongpyeong and pointed to the Korail+ app (코레일+) for the last train; getThere.leaving added; prices: exact 2025–26 admission replaced with 'paid, about ₩7,000–11,000 by age' in the answer, practical and FAQ (the 2025–26 edition keeps its prices).
