Yangyang Songi Festival (양양송이축제)

.0M 2023-09-11

Nammun-ri, Yangyang-eup, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do
+82-33-671-3803

Yangyang Songi Festival takes place annually during the harvest season for Yangyang’s famed specialty, pine mushrooms. Visitors can purchase these mushrooms as well as mushrooms and other specialty products grown throughout the country.

Songibeoseot Maeul (송이버섯마을)

371.2M 2024-12-27

55-20 Namdaecheon-ro, Yangyang-eup, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do
033-672-3145

This restaurant serves a variety of dishes made with pine mushrooms. You can, for instance, enjoy songibeoseot jeongol (pine mushroom hot pot) with Korean beef in a shabu-shabu style. After eating the mushrooms and the beef, you can add noodles to the soup, which goes quite well with the broth, now richly infused with the flavors of pine mushrooms and Korean beef.

Yangyang Salmon Festival (양양연어축제)

511.0M 2022-10-27

226-2beonji, Nammun-ri, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese) • For more info: +82-33-671-3803

Yangyang Salmon Festival is a festival celebrating one of Yangyang’s specialties, salmon. The festival is held in mid-October each year, at Namdaecheon Stream, Yangyang. Namdaecheon Stream sees the greatest salmon run in Korea, hosting more than 70% of the salmon returning to Korea. Salmon born in Namdaecheon Stream grow for 3 to 5 years in the North Pacific, and return to Namdaecheon Stream in fall through the East Sea to lay eggs and face the end of their lives. Yangyang Salmon Festival joins these fish in their powerful, vigorous display of life as they return to their native river. The festival starts with Yongwangje, a traditional rite, and offers a bevy of experience programs, including the most famous program of salmon hand-catching. Seeing the salmon drifting and darting between one’s hands is certainly an experience that can only be had in very few places around the world. Salmon ecology experience offers an interesting insight into the growth and movement of salmon, and other activities like salmon tasting, salmon rubbing, and salmon ecology exhibitions keep the spirit of the festival alive.

Nogwon Galbi (녹원갈비)

1.8Km 2018-10-24

60, Geomacheon-ro, Yangyang-eup, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do
+82-33-671-2325

Nogwon Galbi is a restaurant specializing in galbi (grilled pork ribs). The restaurant serves only the freshest pork ribs, coming in regular and marinated in a special seasoning made in-house. The meal comes accompanied by eight tasty side dishes and doenjangjjigae (soy bean paste soup) made from housemade soy bean paste.

Yettteul (옛뜰)

3.1Km 2024-02-16

289 Dongmyeong-ro, Sonyang-myeon, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do
033-672-7009

Yettteul has been serving traditional gamasot sondubu (handmade bean curd cooked in a cast-iron pot) and wild-caught seop guk (mussel soup) for over 30 years. In Gangwon dialect, 'seop' refers to mussels. Their seop guk, a hangover soup, is made with seop (mussels), mushrooms, chives, green onions, and eggs, all simmered in a broth prepared with aged soybean paste and red chili paste. For those looking to explore the area, the restaurant is conveniently located near tourist attractions such as Songjeon Beach and the Osan-ri Prehistoric Site.

Deungbul Garden (등불가든)

3.4Km 2024-02-16

23 Powolladeul-gil, Yangyang-eup, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do

Located near Naksanhaebyeon Beach, Deungbul Garden specializes in Korean beef and pine mushroom dishes. Its signature dishes are hanu gui (grilled Korean beef) and songibeoseot jeongol (pine mushroom hot pot). The restaurant prides itself on serving tender and juicy Korean beef, which pairs exceptionally well with the pine mushrooms, a regional specialty known for their superior flavor, especially when grilled with the beef. Pine mushrooms, named for their growth under pine trees and their pinecone-like aroma, are celebrated for their fragrance, scent, and texture, making them a premier ingredient in Korean cuisine. The menu also features other delectable options like songibeoseot bulgogi (pine mushroom and bulgogi), yukhoe (beef tartare), and kongnamul doenjang jjigae (bean sprout soybean paste jjigae).

Deungbul Garden (등불가든)

3.4Km 2025-01-23

23 Powolladeul-gil, Yangyang-eup, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do

This restaurant serves the delectable combination of pine mushrooms and Yangyang Korean beef. Every fall, you can enjoy grilled natural pine mushrooms with Korean beef special cuts and rib eye. Note that while the meat is served throughout the year, pine mushrooms are only offered when they can be harvested. Other popular dishes include Korean beef bulgogi with pine mushrooms and hot pot. American pop singer and producer Kanye West once visited this restaurant.

Osan-ri Prehistory Museum (오산리선사유적박물관)

3.5Km 2021-08-11

33, Hakpo-gil, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do
+82-33-670-2442

Osan-ri Prehistory Museum is dedicated to preserving, researching, and exhibiting artifacts found in the Archaeological Site in Osan-ri, Yangyang. These artifacts, dating back to the Neolithic period about 8,000 years ago, were found over the course of public works on the museum’s surrounding wetlands. The collection of nearly 40,000 artifacts, include earthenware with a raised design, stone arrowheads, and net weights, represent one of the premier archaeological findings of the Neolithic period in Korea. The artifacts themselves speak to the fishing, hunting, and gathering activities of the Neolithic residents of Osan-ri. The museum is divided into indoor and outdoor exhibitions, storage, and research areas. Exhibition Hall 1, located indoors, offers a diorama of the Neolithic lifestyle in Osan-ri, such as fishing, gathering, and earthenware production. Exhibition Hall 2 introduces the prehistoric culture of the Yeongdong region, encompassing the periods from the Neolithic to the Iron Age in Yangyang, Goseong, and Gangneung. Outdoor Exhibition includes Neolithic cottage models, exploration paths, and Ssangho Wetlands, whose nickname of “the dancing reed bed” comes from the mysterious sight of the reed bed rising over the wetlands like an island, dancing to the winds.

Songjeonhaebyeon Beach (송전해수욕장)

3.8Km 2024-02-05

21-7 Songjeon-ri, Sonyang-myeon, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do

This beach ranks among Korea's most favored surfing destinations. With its pristine white sand, it stretches 900 meters in length and 80 meters in x_width, and has a depth of 1 meter. It holds the distinction of being the second largest and longest white sand beach in Yangyang-gun, following Naksanhaebyeon Beach. Notably, the water here is so clean and clear that visitors can enjoy clamming.

Sol Beach Hotel & Resort Yangyang (쏠비치 호텔&리조트 양양)

4.0Km 2021-04-12

678, Seonsayujeok-ro, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do
+82-1588-4888

This sea resort offers an exotic atmosphere like southern Spain in the unspoiled nature of the East Sea and Seorak. The most striking part of Sol Beach Hotel & Resort Yangyang is that it faithfully recreates the architectural style of southern Spain; the building is modeled after the styles found in the city of Malaga of Andalucia, at Costa del Sol, with red roof, white walls, wide windows, and terrace. There are four types of rooms available, namely Resort, Hotel, Noblian, and Residence. Regardless of their type, all rooms offer a comfortable stay with a handsome view of the East Sea and the Seoraksan Mountain, bedding, and attentive service. “Sonopet Silver” rooms allow the guests to stay with their companion animals. Other facilities on site help to enhance the prestige of the hotel; “Ocean Play,” an indoor and outdoor water park, includes Aqua Zone, with a view of the East Sea; seawater sauna, using the water drawn from the East Sea; and Martherapy, a sea-themed therapy service. “Private Beach,” available for short-term rentals, include Cabana and sunbeds that are inspired by Spanish beaches, while the “Sunset Cinema” runs films and performances related to the sea.

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