Food & drinkGoheung, Jeollanam-do

Goheung Yuzu Festival 2023 in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, South Korea

고흥유자축제 2023

Nov2023
3 –5
Fri–Sun
Past edition

3 November 2023 to 5 November 2023

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2023 festival offered. The current information is on the Goheung Yuzu Festival page (12–15 Nov 2026).

Dates3–5 Nov 2023
VenueGoheung Yuzu Festival grounds, Handong-ri, Pungyang-myeon전라남도 고흥군 풍양면 한동리 701-7 일원
AdmissionFree entry to the grounds; some programs (such as yuzu picking) and all food are paid. The organizer had not published 2026 fees by 28 October 2026.
Next edition2024: 7–10 Nov 2024

Program

  • 'Yuja Fragrance Starry Night' art show with 1,000 drones
  • 'Yuyujeokjeok' yuzu-road walk through a 120,000-pyeong (about 400,000 m²) orchard
  • Yuzu theme park, 600-seat local food hall, experience, sales and picnic zones; yuzu mime show and live commerce

Notes on the 2023 edition

3rd edition; more than 40,000 visitors on the first day and over ₩140 million in single-day sales. Earlier: the 1st Goheung Yuja-Seokryu Festival in October 2019, and the 2022 edition, which opened on 10 Nov after a three-year break.

About the festival

The Goheung Yuzu Festival (고흥유자축제) is a four-day harvest festival in the yuzu orchards of Handong-ri, Pungyang-myeon, in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, the county that grows most of Korea's yuzu. The 6th edition runs 12–15 November 2026, 10:00–22:00, with yuzu picking, a yuzu foot spa, lit-up orchards and nightly concerts. Entry is free; some activities, such as yuzu picking, cost extra (2026 fees not yet published). From Seoul, direct express buses from Central City Terminal take 4 h 24 m (₩42,800), or take the KTX to Suncheon and a bus of about 1 hour.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Goheung Yuzu Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

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27 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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