There is a Japanese apricot farm that is not as well-known as the Seomjin Village in Gwangyang but is much more wide and splendid than Seomjin Village. It is the Bohae-maehwa (Japanese apricot) Farm in Yejeong-ri Sani-myeon Haenam-gun Jeollanam-do. This farm was founded by the Bohae Distillery Company in 1978 and has more than 14,000 Japanese apricot trees in an area of 140,000 pyeong (1 pyeong is 3.3 square meters).
Though the blooming time differs from year to year, the Japanese apricot tree usually begins to bloom in early March and reaches full bloom between mid March and the end of March. In order to visit the farm at the most beautiful period, it would be better to contact the farm (☎061-532-4959) to check the blooming schedule. Alternatively, the Bohae Distillery Company plans to set up another Japanese apricot farm that is about 140,000 pyeong at Songho-ri Songji-myeon Haenam-gun near the Ddanggeut (southernmost end of the Korean peninsula) Village.
This farm has more than 50 kinds of Japanese apricot trees including the major Baekmae (white flower tree), Hongmae (red flower tree), Heukmae (black flower tree), Cheongmae (blue flower tree) and Hwamae (colorful flower tree). The names of the Japanese apricot trees vary, such as Namgo, Aengsuk, Baekgaha, Goseong, Gaeryangnaejeon, Hwayangsil and Somae.The Japanese apricot trees in Seomjin Village are all Japanese in origin but this farm has many Korean apricot trees among the Japanese apricot trees presenting a more familiar and friendly atmosphere for the Korean natives.
It says that you can grab a bus to Sani-myeon from the terminals in Haenam and Mokpo. You can read about my trip to Gwangyang last Saturday, and my almost-trip to the festival, here.
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Interestingly enough, I have seen no signs for this in Jindo (Haenam is pretty close). I'll have to check it out though, since that's within "autobike"-ing distance.
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