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Iksan Ten Million Chrysanthemum Festival 2023 in Iksan, Jeonbuk State, South Korea

익산천만송이 국화축제 2023

Oct2023
20 –29
Fri–Sun
Past edition

20 October 2023 to 29 October 2023

This edition has ended. It is kept as a record of what the 2023 festival offered. The current information is on the Iksan Ten Million Chrysanthemum Festival page (23 Oct – 1 Nov 2026).

Venue this year. Displays continued until 5 November 2023 at Mireuksa, Iksan Station and Sinheung Neighbourhood Park.

Dates20–29 Oct 2023
VenueJungang Sports Park (Iksan Central Sports Park), with Sinheung Neighbourhood Park and the Iksan Station area전북특별자치도 익산시 하나로 322 (어양동)
AdmissionAdmission: Free
Next edition2024: 18–27 Oct 2024

Program

  • Opening-night ceremony with fireworks
  • About 200 chrysanthemum bonsai works and about 50 new chrysanthemum varieties indoors
  • New children's garden, light tunnel and music fountain

Prices

ItemPriceNote
AdmissionFreeIncluding the special exhibition hall

Notes on the 2023 edition

20th edition: 720,000 visitors and ₩2.4 billion in on-site sales.

About the festival

The Iksan Ten Million Chrysanthemum Festival is a free ten-day flower show in downtown Iksan, Jeonbuk State, filling Jungang Sports Park, Sinheung Neighbourhood Park and the Iksan Station area with giant chrysanthemum sculptures, bonsai and lit night gardens. The 23rd edition runs 23 October–1 November 2026, 10:00–21:00, with fireworks on 31 October and the displays left up until 8 November. Iksan is 1 h 17 m–1 h 25 m from Yongsan by KTX on most trains (₩29,300 standard class), and the main park is a taxi or bus ride from the station.

Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Iksan Ten Million Chrysanthemum Festival page, which covers every edition.

Source

Facts checked
22 October 2026, against the sources listed below.

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