Korea's Yangyang Song-i (Pine) Mushroom Festival

Culinary Arts Adventure Amidst Spectacular Autumn Setting

FT. LEE, NJ (PRWEB) August 31, 2004 -- The Korea National Tourism Organization and the Pine Mushroom Festival organizers, Yangyang-gun Department of Tourism and Culture, invite you to experience its unique culinary delight and festival.

The Yangyang Pine Mushroom Festival is to be held in Koreas representative pine mushroom production site; Yangyang. During the festival, visitors will enjoy a hands-on experience to observe and pick Song-I (pine) mushrooms, accompanied by a professional pine mushroom expert guide. During the trip, they can take a stroll and enjoy the clean fresh air of the pristine pine forests and the spectacular natural landscape.

They will also have the opportunity to taste pine mushrooms that are full of the unique pine tree fragrance. In addition, the festival features a home stay program at pine mushroom farms where people can experience Koreas countryside life in autumn, as well as a half marathon where participants run along roads full of pine mushrooms next to the Namdaecheon stream surrounded by thick forests. Also Yangyangs traditional folk play Takjangsanori is featured during the festival.

Main Events:
Mushroom harvest, field trips to Song-I mushroom sites, cooking contest with Song-I mushrooms, street parade, Yangyang traditional folk plays, Farm-Home stay, Song-I Marathon.

Date:
October 1 -- 5, 2004

Venue:
Namdaechon riverside,
Song-I (pine mushroom production sites,
Yangyang Market in Gangwon-do

From Seoul, Yangyang is approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes by bus.

Nearby sites of interest include:

Seoraksan National Park, Naksana Temple, Naksan Beach, Oseak Mineral Spring, Uisangdae and Hajodae Pavilions, Jinjeonsaji Temple site three-story pagoda, and Micheongol Recreational Forest.

For further information, please contact the Korea National Tourism Organization at telephone: (800) 868-7567, fax: (201) 585-9041 or E-mail: gregory_m_kelly@kntoamerica.com

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