The 4th annual Lighting Festival (오색별빛정원전) at the Garden of Morning Calm (아침고요구목원) will run from December 3rd through February 28th, 2010. Little English-language information is available, though the Korean-language website tells us the lights will be on display from 5:30 to 8:30 and that the festival is accessible by buses to Changpyeong and then by local buses to the garden. A Korea.net write-up a few years ago---no longer available online---says there are over a million lights spread throughout the site's five themed gardens.
From two years ago (1, 2)
Commenters have left their thoughts about past years' festivals on previous posts. Jim writes:
I went there yesterday, pretty amazing but was the coldest day of the year so bad timing on my part. My 3 year old absolutely loved it and I was impressed with the work that must have gone into it.
From ROK Drop:
The valley the garden sits in is actually quite scenic but it is a nightmare trying to get there because of the traffic that gets backed up on the winding road into the valley. Then once there the place is overfilled with people and really not enjoyable.And Mr Rocky Top:
I have only been there a couple of times on the weekend. I am willing to bet if you go on a weekday it will probably be more enjoyable due to smaller crowds.
I went there last year the day after Christmas. The traffic wasn't bad, and there weren't that many people there. I would definitely recommend it as something Christmasy to experience.
To close, here is a video taken at the garden last year:
2 comments:
This looks like something fun to do with the fam. We're an American family considering transferring our visas down to a Suncheon girls high school in March. We're headed down to interview and meet with the school's headmaster on Christmas weekend. Might be nice to take our kids to this then.
Reason I'm writing is I have a question about visa transference. I'm a prof at a uni in Seoul and the hubs and I are considering a job in Suncheon beginning in March. With the stricter laws that will be instated at the start of 2011 the visa process will get much more complicated. I'd prefer not to go through the whole apostille/notarize process again if I can avoid it and I've heard it's possible to avoid if one's visa can be transfered. Can you give any advice on this?
Hello, and thanks for the comment! Sorry for the late reply, I've been bad at replying since moving back home. Gusts of Popular Feeling and Chris in South Korea have done recent posts on the new regulations. You may find your answer there:
http://populargusts.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-e-2-visa-regulations-will-be-put-in.html
http://chrisinsouthkorea.blogspot.com/2010/12/important-update-on-e-2-visa.html
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