| Dates | 18 Jan – 1 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Hongcheon riverside festival grounds, Hongcheon-eup강원특별자치도 홍천군 홍천읍 신장대리 85 (홍천강변 일원) |
| Admission | Ice or pontoon fishing, general: ₩20,000 · Bare-hand catching or indoor fishing: ₩20,000 |
| Previous edition | 2024: 5–21 Jan 2024 |
| Next edition | 2026: 9–25 Jan 2026 |
Program
- 15 days of ice fishing, pontoon fishing, bare-hand catching and indoor fishing; picked by Gangwon Province and the Gangwon Tourism Foundation as a recommended January destination for Gangwon Visit Year
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ice or pontoon fishing, general | ₩20,000 | Implied by 2026 reports that the price was cut by ₩5,000 to ₩15,000 |
| Bare-hand catching or indoor fishing | ₩20,000 | Reported as unchanged in 2026 |
Notes on the 2025 edition
About 230,000 visitors, a record at the time and about 40% more than in 2024; provisional farm-product and food sales of about ₩500 million.
About the festival
The Hongcheon River Kkongkkong Festival (홍천강 꽁꽁축제) is a January ice-fishing festival on the frozen Hongcheon River in Hongcheon-eup, Gangwon, where visitors fish for trout raised on feed mixed with six-year-old ginseng; Hongcheon is about 1 h 07 m by intercity bus from Dong Seoul Terminal. The 14th edition ran 9–25 January 2026; 2027 dates have not been announced, and the festival usually opens on a Friday or Saturday between 5 and 18 January. Fishing and the other main activities are ticketed, usually about ₩15,000–20,000 each, with part of each ticket returned as a local gift voucher.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Hongcheon River Kkongkkong Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.