Night of Light Show (나오라쇼)

14.9 Km 0 2024-03-28

127 Sogeumsan-gil, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-748-4860

Night of Light Show is a nighttime attraction at Ganhyeon Tourist Area that mixes media facade, lasers, and a fountain show into one grand performance. The media facade section is the largest in Korea, using 12 large beam projectors on a natural rock wall. There are also seven large lasers and the fountain shoots water up to 60 meters high in time to music. Night of Light Show takes place on Saturday and Sunday evenings from late April to late October and is free. The show starts at 20:30 and lasts for 50 minutes.

Woodblock Printing Museum (고판화박물관)

15.0 Km 23206 2023-07-17

62 Muran-gil, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do

Opened in 2004, it is the only museum in Korea that specializes in and exhibits old woodblock printings from all around the world. Woodblock Printing Museum collects, stores, exhibits, researches and educates on ancient woodblock materials from many different Asian countries where engravings and woodcuts flourished including Korea, China, Japan, Tibet, Mongolia, India and Nepal. It currently stores over 3,500 individual relics including some 1,800 original woodblocks, 300 old woodblock works engraved as woodcuts, 200 books engraved on woodblocks, and 200 materials related to woodcuts. There is also a permanent woodblock experience hall, which is often utilized as a place to experience and educate those on site who are not satisfied with just seeing the works.

Fioretto (피오레토)

15.2 Km 0 2024-02-16

1F Seongmunan Clubhouse, 431 Wolsongseokhwa-ro, Jijeong-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do

Fioretto is an Italian restaurant located within the Seongmunan CC Clubhouse. The Master Chef brings experience from Michelin-starred restaurants in Spain and has served as an Executive Chef at prestigious global hotels. Their menu is an ode to authentic Italian cuisine, featuring Neapolitan-style pizzas aged for 48 hours and baked in a brick oven. Additionally, they offer a selection of freshly made pasta, steaks, seafood, delectable desserts, and more.

Yongsomak Catholic Church (용소막성당)

15.7 Km 29928 2023-07-17

1857 Guhaksan-ro Sillim-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do

Yongsomak Catholic Church is a small church located in Sillim-myeon, Wonju and designated as a Tangible Cultural Heritage of Gangwon-do. It was the third Catholic church established in Gangwon-do after Pungsuwon Catholic Church and Wonju Catholic Church. It was constructed by Father Chizallet in 1915 and, today, it is over 90 years of age.

Zelkova trees line up around the church building and the statue of the Virgin Mary stands at the bottom of a hill to the left. A thickly wooded pine forest is seen over the statue and the Relic Museum of St. Lawrence, which is an auxiliary building of the cathedral, is seated by the forest. The look of an old countryside Catholic church built with red bricks is like a scene from a painting, exuding a solemn and grave atmosphere in this religious area.

Hoengseong Luge (횡성루지체험장)

15.9 Km 0 2023-07-24

407 , Jeonjae-ro, Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do

Luge, also called a land sled, is a non-powered leisure sport that has been transformed into an all-season sled by attaching wheels to one of the sled events in the Winter Olympics. You can enjoy the cool wind while controlling the speed on the luge with the help of gravity without any additional manipulation. A dynamic course was completed by adding various theme sections to the existing road, forest, and nature in the Jeonjae-Ucheon-myeon Owon-ri section of National Road No. 42. As a single course, it is 2.4 kilometers long, the longest in the world, and it is not an artificially twisted S-shaped course, but a course created using actual roads.

Hoengseong Hanu Maeul (횡성한우마을)

16.4 Km 0 2023-12-07

348 Sunam-ro, Ucheon-myeon, Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do
+82-33-343-6008

Hoengseong Hanu Maeul is a restaurant located in Ucheon-myeon, Hoengseong that only serves hanu (Korean beef). The restaurant is highly regarded for serving excellent quality Korean beef certified by Heongseong County. The restaurant serves rib eye, boneless meat, yukhoe (beef tartare), and assorted hanu. <br><br> * Credit: Gangwon State Government

Museum SAN (뮤지엄 산)

17.3 Km 5 2022-12-21

260, Oak valley 2-gil, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-730-9000

Museum SAN (Space Art Nature) opened in May 2013 in a minimalist concrete building designed by famous architect Tadao Ando. The museum also features artworks by James Turrell, who focuses on light and space. The museum spreads in a line from the Welcome Center to the Flower Garden, Water Garden, main building, Meditation Hall, Stone Garden, and finally, James Turrell Hall. The main building features four wings designed using squares, triangles, and circles, connecting walls, the sky, and people. In addition to the permanent and special exhibitions, the museum also offers hands-on experience programs.

Oak Valley Snow Park (오크밸리 스키장)

17.3 Km 100741 2022-10-20

58, Oak valley 2-gil, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do
+82-33-769-7070

Oak Valley Snow Park is a premium ski resort that everyone in the family can enjoy. From beginners to advanced courses as well as a different theme for every course, visitors can try each slope without worry. The Golf Village offers a straight course for maximum speed as well as a kids-only course. Filled with various events in winter, visitors can enjoy fireworks every night as well as special concerts by famous singers.

Jecheon Baengnyeonsa Temple (백련사(제천))

17.6 Km 8206 2021-10-25

414, Myeongam-ro 5-gil, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do
+83-43-653-4996

Baengnyeonsa Temple is located at the foothills of Gamaksan Mountain in Jecheon, Chungcheongbuk-do. The temple is currently composed of the main hall Daeungjeon, Samseonggak Shrine, Muyeomdang Hall, Boeungmun Gate, and residential houses. Daeungjeon Hall enshrines a wooden statue of a sitting Buddha, is an artifact from the Joseon period (1392-1910).

The history of the temple dates back to 662 (the second year of King Munmu’s reign during the Silla Kingdom), when a small shrine called Baengnyeonam Hermitage was built by the great monk Uisang on the east side of Baengyeonji Site. The temple has been reconstructed and restored numerous times throughout the course of several wars. The temple once encompassed many branch temples and shrines such as Mireuksa, Sinheungsa, Cheonsuam, Eunjeokam, and Cheongnyeonam, but only their foundation sites remain today.

Anheung Jjinppang Village (안흥찐빵마을)

17.6 Km 39035 2023-12-27

1088 Seodong-ro, Anheung-myeon, Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do

Anheung Jjinppang Village is located along National Highway 42, connecting Seoul and Gangneung. Travelers passing Daegwallyeong on their way to Seoul from the Yeongdong area often stopped here to have a light lunch from old times. Anheung jjinppang (Anheung-style steamed bun) was enough to satisfy their hunger. Over time, Anheung jjinppang has become one of Korea's famous nostalgic snacks.

The Jucheongang River, beginning from Taegisan Mountain and flowing through Yeongwol, offers the proper humid condition perfect for the bun's aging process. As of now, there are over 10 shops dedicated to selling steamed buns in the village. Since the early 1990s, over one million people have come to Anheung Jjinppang Village to get these steamed buns which became popular through word-of-mouth.

Anheung jjinppang is made with high-quality red bean, using the traditional cooking process that creates the homemade flavor, which is immediatedly recognized by the mouth that has become used to instant foods. There are a variety of other traditional foods that are available other than jjinppang. VIsitors can also engage in hands-on progarms at Anheung Jjinppang Morak Morak Village, a cultural center dedicated to Anheung jjinppang.

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