Happy Chowon Farm (해피초원목장)

10.6Km 2025-10-24

330-48 Chunhwa-ro Sabuk-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

At café “Jayeon,” there is Hanu burger that BTS members V and J-hope had. They also oﬀer feeding activity for animals in the farm.

Bungeoseom Island (붕어섬)

10.7Km 2022-12-26

2-54, Gangbyeon-ro, Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do
+82-33-440-2557

Bungeoseom Island was created as a result of the construction of the Chuncheon Dam. The island was turned into a green recreational site with environmentally friendly facilities. Visitors can enjoy soccer, tennis, and walking trails, as well as an outdoor stage and drinking fountains. The island has also been used as a filming location for many dramas and movies. The stream around the island is filled with a variety of fish, making it a popular location for fishermen.

Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival (얼음나라화천 산천어축제)

10.8Km 2025-07-11

137 Sancheoneo-gil, Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do
+82-1688-3005

The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is a unique winter festival that was selected by CNN as one of the “seven wonders of winter” in 2011. The festival is held when Hwacheoncheon Stream freezes over, and visitors can enjoy ice fishing. During the festival, visitors can catch sancheoneo (cherry salmon), nicknamed the “Queen of the Valley,” through holes drilled in the ice and then taste their catch by grilling it or having it prepared at the sliced raw fish center. In addition to ice fishing, there are lure and barehand fishing and fun activities such as sledding, bobsledding, and ice soccer. The festival is a popular event among people of all ages, attracting more than 1 million visitors every year.

◎ Sancheoneo Fish (Cherry Salmon)
Sancheoneo is a species of fish that belongs to the salmon family and lives in the cleanest valleys with water temperatures of 20°C or below. It is rich in amino acids, essential fatty acids, and vitamins.

Chuncheon Lake192(춘천 레이크192)

11.1Km 2025-11-05

555 Gail-gil Sabuk-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

A place where even time takes a break
It is a pension located in a place where mountain peaks with gradation of light and shade like ink paintings and the scenery of the lake that reflects the forest below are in harmony. A modern building that stands out in nature is the 'House to the Lake', which won the 2009 Korea Architecture Award. Let's take a picture with a photo card while touring the place where the BTS members ate or stayed while filming ‘In the SOOP BTS ver.’ in Chuncheon, such as a large grassy yard, outbuilding, and accommodation.

Chuncheon Tongnamujip Dakgalbi (춘천통나무집닭갈비)

11.7Km 2024-03-20

763 Sinsaembat-ro, Sinbuk-eup, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

Chuncheon Tongnamujip Dakgalbi, a Korean restaurant situated on Dakgalbi Street near the Soyanggang Dam, has been serving customers since 1978. This establishment has two branches: the first specializes in dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken) grilled on a hot iron plate, while the second features charcoal-grilled dakgalbi. It is renowned for its savory Sogeum gui dakgalbi (grilled salted chicken) and sweet Ganjang dakgalbi (stir-fried chicken with soy sauce), offering visitors a delightful dining experience in an environment blessed with clean water and fresh air.

Chuncheon Oksanga - Okgwangsan Jade Mine (춘천 옥산가 (옥광산))

13.3Km 2022-12-28

228, Geumok-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-241-0300

This tourist destination was established as a healing and experience attraction based on Korea’s only jade mine in Chuncheon. It comprises Jade Cave Experience Center, Jade Mine Sauna, Toy Museum, Bakery Cafe, restaurant, and other facilities. In particular, Jade Cave Experience Center, which was built by using an actual jade pit, invites visitors to observe and touch rough gemstones. The center has a shelter surrounded by jade stones and an earthenware museum, which exhibits various types of earthenware. If you want to have a healing experience with jade’s energy, the jade sauna is an ideal place to visit. The sauna was built with high-quality nephrite from the jade mine and uses mineral water produced from deep in the jade pit. Moon Valley consisting of a gallery, modern history museum, and toy museum is popular among family visitors with children, and kidults too. The toy museum is full of famous character figures from animated films and popular movies, such as Taekwon V, Mazinger Z, Disney characters, and Star Wars characters. The outdoor park behind the Moon Valley has a small zoo and a walking path.

Gangwon Provincial Arboretum (강원도립화목원)

14.0Km 2021-04-28

24, Hwamokwon-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-248-6685

Gangwon Provincial Arboretum, which is operated by Gangwon-do Provincial Government, was opened in 1999 to provide a recreation forest for the community to relaxa and learn about nature in the middle of the city. It comprises about 30 themed gardens, such as the four-season botanical garden, subtropical plant garden, succulent plant garden, and topiary garden, and holds some 1,800 species of plants. Visitors can appreciate a variety of seasonal flowers, exotic scenery, and interesting attractions. Furthermore, visitors can also enjoy flower-viewing on the cherry blossom trail and at the royal azalea garden in spring; avoid heat at the fountain plaza and in the metasequoia forest in summer; enjoy the chrysanthemum exhibition in autumn; and escape the cold inside a glass greenhouse in winter. Within the arboretum is The Forest Museum, which comprises the permanent exhibition hall designed with the theme of Gangwon-do's forest, including animals, plants, and mountain village life, the special exhibition hall, the 4D theater, and others. Other charming places include the Botanic Garden, consisting of an aquatic botanical garden, which is in harmony with a pond, artificial falls, and a pavilion, as well as the Children's Garden that serves as a nature playground for children.

Gangwon-do Forestry Museum (강원도 산림박물관)

14.1Km 2022-10-17

24, Hwamogwon-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-248-6685

Gangwon-do Forestry Museum, located within the Gangwon Provincial Botanic Garden, was established to draw the public closer to forest parks as a cultural space to enjoy nature as well as develop forest-friendly infrastracture for vacationers. The museum has four exhibition rooms, 3D experience room, tree plaground, and more for visitors to enjoy.

* Opened October 31, 2002

Dunggeun Dakgalbi Makguksu Dakbossam(둥근닭갈비 막국수 닭보쌈)

14.3Km 2025-01-20

1F, 54 Chuncheonsunhwan-ro 72beon-gil, Dongnae-myeon, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do

Dunggeun Dakgalbi is a renowned chicken dish restaurant in Chuncheon, a city famous for dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken). Their signature dish, dakbossam (kimchi cabbage wraps with chicken), features dakgalbi marinated in a unique sauce, generously topped with bossam sauce and wrapped with assorted vegetables. Another delightful option is stir-fried rice prepared in the remaining sauce, or enjoying it alongside cold dongchimi makguksu (buckwheat noodles with radish water kimchi).

Chuncheon Puppet Theater & Puppet Museum (춘천인형극장&인형극박물관)

14.4Km 2021-04-20

3017, Yeongseo-ro, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-242-8450

Chuncheon Puppet Theater, which is Korea’s first puppet theater, and Chuncheon Puppet Museum, which exhibits various materials about puppet shows, are located side by side on the Uiamho lakeside. As the Puppet Festival Chuncheon gained its popularity since its first opening in 1989, Chuncheon Puppet Theater and Chuncheon Puppet Museum were also opened in 2001 and 2004, respectively. At present, Chuncheon Puppet Theater is the main stage of the Puppet Festival Chuncheon, which is held every year, and provides a puppet show aside from the festival period. The museum displays various types of puppets from Korea and other countries, including Korea’s puppets from kkokdugaksi nori (Korean puppet play), France’s Guignols, and China’s shadow puppets. It also offers experience programs related to the exhibition. Besides a cafe with a great view by the museum, there are a playground, a waterside bike path, and a trail nearby, as well as Gangwon Provincial Arboretum, which is about 500 m away.

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