The Hacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival

Fresh Fish and Plenty of Winter Fun
Don’t let the winter blues get you down! Get out and play at this year’s Hwacheon Sancheoneo (Mountain Trout) Ice Festival. Visitors from all over the world flock to the festival to experience the more than 40 different events including ice fishing, sledding, ice soccer and snowman making.

★ Major Programs (for more details click here)
Sancheoneo Ice Fishing
Catch Sancheoneo With Your Bare Hands
Trying out the Trout
Asia Ice Lights Square 　
To celebrate this year’s festival, a beautiful world of ice and snow called The Asia Ice Lights Square has been created by the Ice Lights Committee from Harbin, China (under the partnership of Winter Festival Network). Here, you will see the most beautiful and sophisticated ice lights from China as well as ice castles and other exotic views.

World Winter City Square
★ Info
○ Period : Sat Jan 9th ~ Sun Jan 31st, 2010
○ Venue : Hwacheongang riverside and neighboring areas
○ Contact : Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival Information Center ☎ 1688-3005(if in Korea)
○ For Tourist Information Call: +82-33-1330 +82-33-1330
○ Official website :  (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
○ How to get there :
- From Dong Seoul Terminal, take a bus to Hwacheon. (First bus: 06:15, Last bus: 19:15 starts every hour, takes about 2hrs and 40 min. fare: KRW12,600)
- Get off the bus at Hwacheon Bus Terminal. The festival venue is around 10 minutes walk from Hwacheon Bus Terminal.

☞ More details for Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival 2010

*Photos and information courtesy of Korea Be Inspired