| Dates | 27 Jan – 4 Feb 2018 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Bingeoho (Icefish Lake) on upper Soyang Lake, Bupyeong-ri, Nam-myeon강원특별자치도 인제군 남면 부평리 555-2 (빙어호 일원) |
| Admission | Ice fishing: Free |
| Next edition | 2019: 26 Jan – 3 Feb 2019 |
Program
- 18th edition, the first in four years after drought and abnormal weather
- Free ice fishing on 53,000 m² with about 6,000 holes for 5,000–6,000 people at once; about 10 tons of icefish from Soyang Lake released
- Icefish net-scooping, ice castle and maze, snow sculptures, ice sledding, skating, snow sledding, ice bobsleigh and ice bumper cars
- Snow race trail run in the Wondae-ri birch forest on 27 Jan; preliminary rounds of the national ice soccer tournament
- 24 restaurants chosen at an icefish-cooking tasting; cooking carts and tastings
Prices
| Item | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Ice fishing | Free | Free |
Notes on the 2018 edition
Nine days. More than 232,000 visitors on the opening weekend (112,000 on 27 Jan and 120,000 on 28 Jan); ice at least 35 cm thick.
About the festival
The Inje Icefish Festival (인제빙어축제) is a free ice-fishing festival for bingeo, a small icefish, on Bingeoho, a dammed arm of upper Soyang Lake at Bupyeong-ri, Nam-myeon, Inje, Gangwon, about 1 h 45 min by bus from Dong Seoul. Held since 1998, it last ran 20–29 January 2023 and was cancelled in 2024, 2025 and 2026 because Soyang Dam's water was too high for safe ice. No 2027 dates or decision had been announced by 19 October 2026; when it runs it lasts about ten days in the second half of January, and entry and ice fishing have been free.
Transport, booking, crowd and accessibility details are on the main Inje Icefish Festival page, which covers every edition.
Source
Facts checked
19 October 2026, against the sources listed below.