At a glance
| Dates | 21–22 Nov 2026Upcoming · Third edition. Dates confirmed on the organizer's site and in a Sunchang County release of 14 October 2026. The budget secured after the province's 'excellent' rating is about ₩278 million, including ₩28 million from Jeonbuk State. |
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| Hours | Sat 21 Nov from 10:00 (stage programme to about 16:30, then camping from 19:00 overnight); Sun 22 Nov 10:00–17:00 |
| Admission | Free entry. Food is paid; two hands-on classes cost ₩5,000 each, and the arts-and-crafts activities are paid.Entry: Free · Tteokbokki sauce making with a gochujang master: ₩5,000 · Sunchang wellness tour (guided trekking and craft): ₩5,000 |
| Venue | Sunchang Fermentation Theme Park and Traditional Gochujang Folk Village전북특별자치도 순창군 순창읍 장류로 55 |
| Nearest station | Namwon Station (KTX, Jeolla line), then bus (남원역), KTX / Jeolla LineNot walkable; go to Namwon Public Bus Terminal for the 42-minute intercity bus to Sunchang, then about 3 km to the grounds |
| From Seoul | about 3 h 19 min · Bus + TaxiLeave from Central City Terminal · One-way fare from ₩27,500 · Same-night return is tightFull route · Festivals by travel time from Seoul |
| Organizer | Sunchang Fermentation Tourism Foundation, for Sunchang County(재)순창발효관광재단 (주최: 순창군) |
| Usual timing | Two days, Saturday and Sunday, in mid to late November: 16–17 Nov 2024, 15–16 Nov 2025, 21–22 Nov 2026. Held since 2024; the 2026 dates were on the organizer's site and in a county release of 14 October 2026. Browse November festivals. |
| First held | 2024 |
| Last checked | 27 October 2026Checked against 40 sources · See sources |
What it is like
Sunchang, a small county in the south of Jeonbuk State, is the place most Koreans connect with gochujang, the fermented red-pepper paste. In 1997 the county gathered its gochujang makers into the Traditional Gochujang Folk Village, and the Sunchang Fermentation Theme Park now stands beside it. Since 2024 the county's Sunchang Fermentation Tourism Foundation has used both sites for a weekend festival about tteokbokki, the spicy rice-cake dish that gets its flavour from gochujang.
The first edition, in November 2024, had 18 booth teams. Renamed with 'Korea' in 2025, it grew to about 80 booths, 46 of them selling tteokbokki or snacks, and drew about 40,000 visitors over two days; in January 2026 Jeonbuk State rated it an excellent regional festival. The central idea is that each of Sunchang's 11 townships cooks its own version with local gochujang and a local twist, such as tomato, thistle gochujang, chestnut or enoki 'snowflake' tteokbokki, sold in small bowls, next to stalls from national brands, local businesses and university cooking teams.
The 2026 edition, the third, runs 21–22 November. The organizer lists 37 food booths in five zones, plus a food court for anyone who wants something other than tteokbokki. Around them are a fusion tteokbokki cooking show by chef Cho Kwang-hyo, known as Manjjitnam from Culinary Class Wars; sauce making with a gochujang master and a guided wellness walk (₩5,000 each); a free AR stamp hunt across the park and the folk village; a street-drawing contest; flash mobs, gugak, nanta and puppet shows; and free camping on the lawn on Saturday night with a well-known camping YouTuber. Entry is free.
It is a separate event from the larger Sunchang Jangryu (fermented sauce) Festival, which uses the same grounds in October (15–18 October in 2026).
The honest caveats: Sunchang is a long way from Seoul. Direct express buses run only about three times a day (3 h 19 m), and the last one back may leave before the festival ends (check it at the terminal), so most visitors from Seoul will need to stay overnight or travel via Gwangju, Namwon or Jeonju. In 2025 food was ordered by scanning a QR code with your phone, which confused some older visitors, and the menu was almost all tteokbokki. The festival site and programme listings are in Korean.
Highlights
- Tteokbokki from Sunchang's 11 townships, each made with local gochujang and its own twist (tomato, thistle gochujang, chestnut, enoki 'snowflake')
- Fusion tteokbokki cooking show by chef Cho Kwang-hyo ('Manjjitnam' of Culinary Class Wars) at 13:00 on both days in 2026, booked through Ticketlink
- Make tteokbokki sauce with a gochujang master at 13:00, 14:00 or 15:00 (₩5,000), or join the guided wellness walk (₩5,000)
- Free AR stamp hunt 'Find the Tteokbok-King' around the theme park and the Traditional Gochujang Folk Village
- Free overnight camping on the lawn behind Hongme Hall from 19:00 on Saturday 21 November 2026, with a camping YouTuber (bring your own tent)
- Stage programme: children's band parade at 10:00 on Saturday, flash-mob contest, gugak, tteokbokki-themed nanta and puppet show, bubble and magic shows
Who it suits. Best for food lovers, families with children and K-food fans who want a cheap, hands-on day of street food and gochujang culture in a small rural town; less suited to anyone hoping for a quick day trip from Seoul (direct buses are few and the last one back may leave before the festival closes) or a wide choice of food beyond tteokbokki and snacks.
Getting there
From Seoul
Direct express bus from Seoul Express Bus Terminal (Central City, Honam line) to Sunchang Public Bus Terminal: only about three a day, 3 h 19 m, ₩27,500 deluxe class; check the departure times at the terminal before the festival day. The grounds are about 3 km west of the terminal; take a taxi or a rural bus to the folk village (Minsok Maeul) stop. By rail: KTX from Yongsan to Jeonju (about 1 h 40 m, ₩31,600) or to Namwon on the Jeolla line, then an intercity bus; Namwon–Sunchang buses take 42 minutes (₩4,500, about ten a day), while Jeonju–Sunchang times were not verified. Or KTX to Gwangju Songjeong (₩42,000 from Yongsan), get to Gwangju U-Square terminal and take a bus to Sunchang (about 15 a day, 1 h 06 m, ₩5,600).
From Busan
No direct Busan–Sunchang bus was found, so go via Gwangju. Intercity bus from Busan Seobu Intercity Bus Terminal (Sasang, Line 2 Sasang Station) to Gwangju U-Square: about 20 a day, 2 h 57 m, ₩28,300 deluxe or ₩36,800 premium. From U-Square, about 15 buses a day run to Sunchang Public Bus Terminal (1 h 06 m, ₩5,600); then take a taxi or a rural bus to the folk village (Minsok Maeul) stop, as above. Check the times at the terminals before the festival day.
Last leg from Namwon Station (KTX, Jeolla line), then bus
KTX / Jeolla Line. Not walkable; go to Namwon Public Bus Terminal for the 42-minute intercity bus to Sunchang, then about 3 km to the grounds
Festival shuttle
No festival shuttle was published for 2024–2026. The organizer's directions page lists rural bus routes that stop at Baeksan village and at the folk village (Minsok Maeul) stop, without times.
Getting home
Direct buses from Sunchang to Seoul Central City run only a few times a day, and the last one may leave before the festival closes at 17:00 on Sunday, so check it at the terminal. For a later return you must first reach Gwangju, Namwon or Jeonju (Sunchang-outbound times were not found, so ask at the terminal), then take an express bus from Gwangju U-Square to Seoul Central City, the KTX from Gwangju Songjeong to Suseo, or the KTX from Jeonju to Yongsan. A new KTX timetable starts on 1 November 2026 and the last trains for 22 November were not verified: check them in the Korail+ app (코레일+) or at the station before the festival day. Staying overnight, or joining Saturday's free camp, is easier.
Parking
In 2025 six car parks around the Sunchang Fermentation Theme Park served the festival (fees not stated), and the theme park has its own car park. No 2026 parking plan had been published by 18 October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Free | Free in 2025 (KTO listing); no entry charge is listed for 2026 |
| Tteokbokki sauce making with a gochujang master | ₩5,000 | Per person; advance booking through Ticketlink |
| Sunchang wellness tour (guided trekking and craft) | ₩5,000 | Per person; advance booking through Ticketlink |
| Chef cooking show 'Tteokbokki Lab' | — | Advance booking through Ticketlink; price not shown on the organizer's page |
| AR stamp tour, street drawing, stopwatch game, Saturday camping | Free | Free; camping needs your own tent and gear |
| Arts-and-crafts activities | — | Paid; 20 activities such as candles, squishy toys and keycaps; prices not published |
| Township tteokbokki (small bowl) | — | ₩2,000 in 2025; 2026 price not published |
| Sunchang Fermentation Theme Park indoor halls (adult) | ₩3,000 | Normal single ticket; ₩4,000 combined ticket; whether the halls are free during the festival is not stated |
- Booking
- No booking for entry. Seven programmes, including the chef cooking show, sauce making, the wellness tour and Saturday's camping, take advance bookings through Ticketlink from the festival site (순창코리아떡볶이페스타.com). Booking dates, capacity and whether a Korean phone number is needed are not stated.
- English on site
- The festival site and programme listings are in Korean; no English listing or interpretation was found.
- Crowds
- Busy: about 40,000 visitors over two days in 2025, and reporters described the grounds as packed; in 2024 popular booths had queues from opening.
- Best time to go
- Arrive near the 10:00 opening, before the popular experiences fill up, and book the 13:00 cooking show or a sauce-making slot in advance.
- What to bring
- A charged phone (in 2025 food was ordered by QR code), warm layers for a late-November day outdoors, and a tent and camping gear if you join Saturday's free overnight camp.
- Toilets
- The Sunchang Fermentation Theme Park has restrooms (KTO data).
2026 program
- Sat 21 Nov 10:00children's chwita (royal band) parade through the grounds; 10:30 opening declaration
- Both days 11:00 and 14:00'Find the Tteokbok-King' AR stamp tour around the theme park and the folk village (free); 11:00 tteokbokki song and flash mob
- Sat 11:30flash-mob contest; Sat 14:00: university tteokbokki cooking contest
- Both days 12:00 and 16:00'Gil-tteok-sasaeng' street-drawing contest on the road above the organic complex centre (free)
- Both days 13:00'Tteokbokki Lab' fusion tteokbokki cooking show by chef Cho Kwang-hyo (Manjjitnam) on the main stage, Gochujang Culture Yard (advance booking)
- Both days 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00: tteokbokki-sauce making with a gochujang master at the theme park square (₩5,000)
- Both days 13:00 and 15:00Sunchang wellness tour, guided trekking plus a craft session (₩5,000)
- Stagebubble and magic show (Sat 12:00; Sun 11:30 magic, 15:30 bubbles), gugak (Sat 15:30; fusion gugak Sun 12:30), tteokbokki-themed nanta and puppet show (Sat 16:00, Sun 14:00), Jeonbuk Culture and Tourism Foundation show (Sun 14:30)
- Sat 19:00 to the next morning: 'A Night in Sunchang' free camping on the lawn behind Hongme Hall with a camping YouTuber (1.46 million subscribers); bring your own tent and gear
- Sun 16:00village-versus-village contest and popularity vote; 16:30 closing declaration
- All day37 food booths in five zones (11 township, 11 general, 3 university, 9 snack, 3 drinks and meal kits) plus the Maekom-gwan food court with meals other than tteokbokki
- All dayretro goods pop-up and photo zones, 20 paid arts-and-crafts activities, 'Lucky Tteok-ppopgi' stopwatch game (free tteokbokki coupon for winners), 'Burn the Tteokbokki' fitness challenge, residents' flea market
- Gochujang caramel pop-up by Sansol, a Sunchang café (county release, 14 Oct 2026)
Third edition. Dates confirmed on the organizer's site and in a Sunchang County release of 14 October 2026. The budget secured after the province's 'excellent' rating is about ₩278 million, including ₩28 million from Jeonbuk State.
Editions
| Year | Dates | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21–22 Nov 2026 | confirmed | Main stage at the Gochujang Culture Yard; sauce making and the stopwatch game at the theme park square; street drawing on the road above the organic complex centre; camping on the lawn behind Hongme Hall. |
| 2025 | 15–16 Nov 2025 | ended | About 80 booths, 46 of them selling tteokbokki or snacks; six car parks near the theme park; table QR codes for ordering through a web app. |
| 2024 | 16–17 Nov 2024 | ended | Sunchang Fermentation Theme Park, with trekking in the Traditional Gochujang Folk Village. |
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.
The indoor side of the festival venue: a microbe museum, a 'Yeast Sapiens' hall, a food-science hall and a children's science hall about fermentation, microbes and yeast. The halls are open 10:00–17:00 from November to February (last entry 16:30), so go during the day; on Saturday they close before the 19:00 camping starts. A normal adult ticket is ₩3,000 (₩4,000 combined); whether the halls are free during the festival is not stated. Tip: a warm place to break a cold day outdoors.
Getting there: At the festival venue (Jangnyu-ro 55), on foot; paid entry
- Sunchang Jangryu Museum (순창장류박물관)Before or after
A free county museum of Korean fermented sauces: the kinds and history of gochujang and doenjang and how they are made, introduced at the door by a gochujang-grandmother robot, with hands-on corners where you pound soybeans in a mortar and watch fermentation under a microscope. Winter hours are 09:00–17:00 with a 12:00–13:00 break (closed Mondays), so go in the late morning or early afternoon; on Sunday it closes with the festival. Tip: the easiest indoor stop with children.
Getting there: On foot, about 150 m from the grounds (Jangnyu-ro 43); free
- Traditional Gochujang Folk Village (순창전통고추장민속마을)After
A street of family gochujang makers that the county gathered in 1997, where shops sell gochujang, doenjang, soy sauce and pickles. The 2026 festival extends into the village (the AR stamp tour runs through it), and visiting hours are 09:00–19:00, so after the Sunday close at 17:00 there is still time to buy a jar to take home. Tip: shop last so you are not carrying jars round the festival, but leave time to reach the bus terminal about 3 km away.
Getting there: On foot; part of the 2026 festival grounds, about 350 m from the Jangryu Museum
- Getting awayAfter
Leaving is the hard part: the grounds are about 3 km from Sunchang bus terminal, no festival shuttle has been published, and the few direct buses to Seoul may leave before the festival closes. Check return times at the terminal when you arrive, allow for a taxi or rural bus back to it, and for a later trip via Gwangju, Namwon or Jeonju check the last KTX in the Korail+ app (코레일+), or stay over.
Questions travelers ask
When is the Sunchang Korea Tteokbokki Festa 2026?
21–22 November 2026 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Sunchang Fermentation Theme Park and the Traditional Gochujang Folk Village. Saturday starts at 10:00 and continues with overnight camping from 19:00; Sunday runs 10:00–17:00.
Is the festival free?
Yes, entry is free. You pay for food (2026 prices are not yet published) and for some activities: sauce making and the wellness tour cost ₩5,000 each, while the AR stamp tour, street drawing, stopwatch game and Saturday camping are free.
How do I get to Sunchang from Seoul?
Direct express buses run from Seoul Central City (Express Bus Terminal, Honam line) about three times a day and take 3 h 19 m (₩27,500); check the times at the terminal. Or take KTX to Namwon, Jeonju or Gwangju Songjeong and continue by bus; Namwon–Sunchang is 42 minutes. The grounds are about 3 km from Sunchang bus terminal.
Can I visit as a day trip from Seoul?
Only just. Direct buses run only a few times a day each way, and the last one back may leave before the festival closes, so check both at the terminal. Returning via Gwangju or Jeonju allows a later trip home, but bus times from Sunchang to those cities were not verified, so most visitors stay overnight.
Do I need to book anything?
Not for entry. The chef cooking show, sauce making, wellness tour, AR tour, street drawing, stopwatch game and Saturday camping are booked through Ticketlink from the festival site; booking dates were not stated.
Is this the same as the Sunchang Jangryu Festival?
No. The Sunchang Jangryu (fermented sauce) Festival is a separate, larger event on the same grounds in October; in 2026 it ran 15–18 October, 09:00–21:00.
Sources and verification
Facts checked
27 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: high.
- Official festival site — 2026 programme schedule (Saturday)official — 2026 dates 21–22 Nov; Sat from 10:00: 10:00 band parade, 10:30 opening, 11:00 and 14:00 AR tour, 11:30 flash-mob contest, 12:00 and 16:00 street drawing, 12:00 bubble and magic, 13:00 cooking show, sauce making 13:00/14:00/15:00, wellness tour 13:00 and 15:00, 14:00 university contest, 15:30 gugak, 16:00–16:30 nanta and puppets, 19:00 camping
- Official festival site — 2026 programme schedule (Sunday)official — Sun 22 Nov 10:00–17:00: workshop slots as on Saturday, 11:30 magic show, 12:30 fusion gugak, 14:00 nanta and puppet show, 14:30 Jeonbuk Culture and Tourism Foundation show, 15:30 bubble show, 16:00 village contest and popularity vote, 16:30 closing
- Official festival site — 2026 advance booking (사전예약)official — Bookings through Ticketlink for 7 programmes on 21–22 Nov 2026: cooking show on the main stage (Gochujang Culture Yard); sauce making (theme park square) and wellness tour ₩5,000 each; street drawing (road above the organic complex centre), AR tour, stopwatch game and camping (lawn behind Hongme Hall, own tent) free
- Official festival site — 2026 side events (부대행사·체험)official — Retro goods pop-up and photo zones; 20 paid arts-and-crafts activities (candles, squishy toys, keycaps); stopwatch game with two tries and a free tteokbokki coupon for winners; fitness challenge; residents' flea market; Maekom-gwan food court with meals other than tteokbokki
- Official festival site — 2026 food booths (판매부스)official — Five zones: 11 township booths, 11 general booths including last year's winners, 3 Honam university culinary teams, 9 snack booths (fritters, fish cake, skewers), 3 drinks and meal-kit booths (37 in all)
- Official festival site — home pageofficial — Organizer Sunchang Fermentation Tourism Foundation, Jangnyu-ro 55; cooking show by chef Cho Kwang-hyo ('Manjjitnam', Culinary Class Wars); camping with a YouTuber with 1.46 million subscribers; wellness tour; venue extended to the folk village
- Official festival site — directions (찾아오시는 길)official — 2026 dates; address Jangnyu-ro 55; tel. 063-652-6501; rural bus routes stopping at Baeksan village and the folk village stop, without times; no shuttle or parking information
- Korea Tourism Organization (VisitKorea festivals) — 순창 코리아 떡볶이 페스타kto — 2025 dates 15–16 Nov; venue Fermentation Theme Park and Traditional Gochujang Folk Village, Jangnyu-ro 55; free admission; Sunchang County, KTO, Jeonju University and the foundation listed; no 2026 update
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 순창 떡볶이 페스타kto — 2025 dates 15–16 Nov, 10:00–17:00; free; coordinates 35.3688/127.1123; hosts Sunchang County, KTO and Jeonju University, run by the Sunchang Fermentation Tourism Foundation; no Japanese or Chinese name on the jpn page
- Korean Social Welfare Journal — Sunchang gochujang caramel at the festa (14 Oct 2026, county release)news — Sunchang County release of 14 Oct 2026: Korea Tteokbokki Festa in Sunchang on 21–22 Nov; café Sansol to run a gochujang caramel pop-up there
- MTN — 순창 고추장의 달콤한 변신 (15 Oct 2026)news — Festa in Sunchang on 21–22 Nov with the gochujang caramel pop-up
- Newspim — 순창 떡볶이 페스타, 전북도 지역축제 평가서 '우수' (20 Jan 2026)news — Rated excellent; ₩28 million provincial funds, total budget ₩278 million; 2025 about 40,000 visitors, about ₩980 million economic effect, satisfaction 4.21/5; 2026 planned for two days in November at the same venues with 11 township booths
- Daum News — '고추장+떡볶이', 매운맛으로 하나되는 순창 (6 Nov 2025)news — 2025: 15–16 Nov, 10:00–17:00, free entry; about 80 booths, 46 selling tteokbokki; 10 new township recipes; Raymond Kim and Ahn Yu-seong programmes; opening dance, closing flash mob and draw; six car parks near the theme park; QR ordering
- Newsis — 2025 순창 코리아 떡볶이 페스타 programme (31 Oct 2025)news — 2025 programme of 28 events in 5 categories; mission run for high-school age and up; cooking contest; K-pop and nanta shows; 2024 first edition had 18 booth teams
- Newspim — 순창 코리아 떡볶이 페스타 성료…4만여 명 몰려 (17 Nov 2025)news — About 40,000 visitors; 80 booths, 46 for tteokbokki and snacks; AR game, chef programmes, meal kits, gochujang meju making, firewood-grilled skewers; table QR ordering and web app
- Yeollin Sunchang (local paper) — '2025 순창 코리아 떡볶이 페스타' 인기 만점 (18 Nov 2025)news — Township tteokbokki ₩2,000 a bowl; about 40,000 visitors; township menus including tomato, thistle gochujang, chestnut and snowflake; second edition after 2024
- OhmyNews — 고추장 마을 순창에서 열리는 '떡볶이 페스타' (13 Nov 2025)news — Name changed from 'Sunchang Tteokbokki Festa' (2024) by adding 'KOREA' in 2025; same-size small bowls for ₩2,000 at township booths
- Sports Kyunghyang — 2025 festa opening day (16 Nov 2025)news — Second edition; 10 of 11 townships took part; QR ordering confused older visitors; tteokbokki the only food; official said the 2024 crowd exceeded the county's population; Gangcheonsan in autumn colour
- Herald Economy — 떡볶이와 단풍 '빨간' 기차여행 (25 Oct 2025)news — Korail Tourism train package on 15 Nov 2025 only, from Seoul Station via Yeongdeungpo, Suwon and Cheonan: ₩99,000 with Gangcheonsan foliage, ₩114,000 with gochujang making
- Jeonbuk Ilbo — 순창발효관광재단, '떡볶이 페스타' 개최 (12 Nov 2024)news — 2024 dates 16–17 Nov at the Fermentation Theme Park, run by the Sunchang Fermentation Tourism Foundation; opening event for UNESCO listing of jang culture; trekking and treasure hunt in the folk village
- Jeonbuk Ilbo — 순창 새 대표 축제 '떡볶이 페스타' 인산인해 대성황 (18 Nov 2024)news — 2024 first edition: 18 booth teams and their menus, booth awards, performances, folk-village trekking, reusable dishes, queues from opening
- The Trip Pick (brunch) — 2025 순창 떡볶이 페스타blog — 2025 hours 10:00–17:00 and free entry; morning visit advised for popular experiences
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 순창발효테마파크kto — Opened March 2021; Nov–Feb 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30); closed Mondays and some holidays; adults ₩3,000 single, ₩4,000 combined; halls include the Food Science hall, Microbe Museum, Yeast Sapiens hall and Children's Science hall; parking; homepage sftp.or.kr
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 순창고추장민속마을kto — Set up by the county in 1997 to gather gochujang makers; shops sell gochujang, doenjang, soy sauce and pickles; visits 09:00–19:00; open all year; free; parking
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 순창장류박물관kto — Jangnyu-ro 43; Nov–Feb 09:00–17:00 with a 12:00–13:00 break; closed Mondays and 1 Jan; free; exhibits on the kinds, history and making of gochujang and doenjang, gochujang-grandmother robot at the entrance, hands-on soybean pounding, microscope and meju-fermentation corners; about 155 m from the festa site and 350 m from the folk village; homepage listed as sunchang.go.kr/tour
- ktriptips (KTO data mirror) — 순창장류축제kto — Separate Sunchang Jangryu Festival on the same grounds, 15–18 Oct 2026, 09:00–21:00, run by its own committee
- Seoul Central City → Sunchang express bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-12)other — Three deluxe buses a day: 10:30 (arr 13:49), 13:30, 17:10; 3 h 19 m; ₩27,500
- Sunchang → Seoul Central City express bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-09-22)other — Older listing, superseded by the October 2026 timetable (three deluxe buses, ₩27,500, 3 h 19 m): four buses a day, 08:10, 10:30, 14:30, 15:30, 3 h 46 m; terminal map pin 35.3768/127.1412, about 3 km east of the festival grounds
- Namwon → Sunchang intercity bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-18)other — Ten buses a day, 07:30 to 20:05; 42 minutes; ₩4,500
- Gwangju U-Square → Sunchang intercity bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-08-19)other — 15 buses a day, 07:30 to 21:40; 1 h 06 m; ₩5,600
- train.asamaru.net — Namwon Station (Jeolla line, high-speed)other — Namwon Station is a high-speed (KTX) stop on the Jeolla line with direct trains to Yongsan, Seoul and Suseo
- train.asamaru.net — 용산역→전주역 timetableother — KTX times (about 1 h 40 m), ₩31,600 fare, first/last departures
- train.asamaru.net — 전주역→용산역 timetableother — Last departures 21:04, 21:43, 23:11
- Korail KTX fare table, effective 1 Sep 2026 (xls)official — Standard class: Yongsan–Jeonju ₩31,600 / ₩31,000; Yongsan–Suncheon ₩42,300 / ₩41,800
- Hankyung: 9월 1일부터 서울~부산 KTX 5만4400원…운임 평균 10% 인하 (31 Aug 2026)news — KTX and SRT run as KTX from 1 Sep; former SRT trainsets renamed KTX-Sancheon; Seoul–Busan ₩59,800→₩54,400, Yongsan–Gwangju Songjeong ₩46,800→₩42,000; Suseo seats +30%; booking unified in Korail+
- Gwangju U-Square → Seoul Central City express bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-07)other — 92 buses a day; late departures 21:15, 22:00, 22:30, 23:20 and 00:00
- Gwangju Songjeong → Suseo train timetable, 16–19 Oct 2026 (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-16)other — Last departures 21:53 (arr 23:51) and 23:03 KTX-Sancheon 636 (arr 00:54), every day shown
- Korail — 열차운임/시간표 (official timetable and fare downloads)official — Index of current Korail timetables, including KTX timetable editions of 15 May 2026 and 1 Nov 2026
- Busan Seobu (Sasang) → Gwangju U-Square intercity bus timetable (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-16)other — 23 buses a day, 06:00 to 22:00; 2 h 57 m on every run; weekday adult fares ₩28,300 deluxe (우등) and ₩36,800 premium (₩33,900 for the 22:00 regular bus)
- transportation.asamaru.net — Sunchang Public Bus Terminal intercity page (third-party mirror of the MOLIT/data.go.kr national timetable feed, page last modified 2026-10-12)other — The only intercity route listed from Sunchang is to Namwon; no Busan route; terminal at Sunchang-eup, Jangnyu-ro 355 (Sunhwa-ri 114-1)
What we could not confirm
- Japanese and Chinese names: no KTO or official foreign-language name was found (the KTO Japanese data page shows the Korean name only).
- 2026 food prices and whether QR-code phone ordering returns; the ₩2,000 bowl price is from 2025.
- Return buses from Sunchang to Namwon, Gwangju, Jeonju and Jeongeup: only the inbound direction was found. KTX times and fares to Namwon and Jeongeup, and the Jeonju–Sunchang bus, were not verified; direct buses from Dong Seoul or Seoul Nambu were not checked.
- Taxi time and fare from Sunchang bus terminal to the grounds, and times of the rural buses to the folk village stop.
- 2026 parking plan, any festival shuttle, and the Saturday closing time for food booths (the schedule shows Saturday as '10:00 to next day' because of camping).
- Ticketlink booking dates, capacity and the cooking-show price, and whether foreign visitors can book without a Korean phone number.
- The 2026 schedule page's layout is hard to read; one or two programme slots may be grouped differently from the organizer's intent, so check the official schedule.
- Last train back on the festival date under the timetable in force that day (Jeonju→Yongsan and Gwangju Songjeong→Suseo on Sunday 22 Nov 2026), and current Sunchang–Seoul direct bus times: bus times were found only on a third-party mirror of the national timetable feed, and the 1 Nov 2026 KTX timetable could not be read here.
- Pages that could not be read: a 2024 Etoday weekend-festival article, a Yeollin Sunchang opinion piece (idxno 46425) and Jeonbuk Ilbo's 17 Nov 2025 wrap-up (rate-limited), and Sunchang County's tourism site.
- From Busan: Busan Seobu–Namwon buses may be quicker than changing at Gwangju; not yet checked.
- Sunchang→Seoul Central City direct bus times for 21–22 Nov 2026: no operator or organizer source was found on 29 Oct 2026 (only a third-party mirror of the national timetable feed), so the 15:30 last-bus time was removed from the description; check at the terminal and add verified times in the pre-event recheck.
- Whether the Fermentation Theme Park's paid indoor halls are open free during the festival, and whether the Jangryu Museum keeps its 12:00–13:00 break on festival days.
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. · 2026-10-18 — Added a route from Busan (Getting there), with times and fares from the national bus and rail timetables. · 2026-10-20 — Bus class corrected from the timetable: the fare listed as premium is deluxe (우등). · 2026-10-20 — Older Sunchang–Central City listing marked as superseded. · 2026-10-21 — Transport: removed unverified bus and train clock times (October 2026 timetable and third-party bus listings) for the November dates; kept journey times, fares and frequencies and added advice to check the last bus at the terminal and the last train in the Korail app (코레일+). · 2026-10-27 — Transport check: no Korail (1 Nov 2026 timetable), bus-operator or organizer shuttle notice for 21–22 Nov 2026 could be checked, so no clock times added; app name corrected to Korail+ (코레일+). · 2026-10-29 — Nearby rewritten as 'Before or after the festival' (shuttle and last-train fit); transport: removed the unverified 15:30 last-bus time (no operator timetable or organizer notice for 21–22 Nov 2026 found), added how to get away; prices: 2025 ₩2,000 bowl price removed (2026 food prices not published), 2026 workshop fees kept from the organizer notice.
