Jeongdongjin Sunrise Festival (정동진 해맞이 축제 모래시계회전식)
- addr1
Jeongdongjin2-ri, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do
- title
Jeongdongjin Sunrise Festival (정동진 해맞이 축제 모래시계회전식)
- homepage
www.gn.go.kr/tour (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
- overview
Many people come to celebrate a fresh start at the Jeongdongjin Sunrise Festival, taking place on the eve of one year and the first day of the New Year at Sandglass Park. The sandglass at the park has a diameter of 8.06 meters, x_width of 3.2 meters, weight of 40 tons and holds 8 tons of sand, making it one of the biggest sandglasses in the world. It takes a whole year for sand to trickle to the bottom and then the sandglass restarts again on New Year’s Day each year at midnight.
Festival events include a fireworks display, the turning of the sandglass to start another year, and performances by various artists.
- agelimit
Open to visitors of all ages
- eventplace
Jeongdongjin Sandglass Park
- eventstartdate
20191231
- eventenddate
20200101
- placeinfo
[Train]
From Cheongnyangni Station, take a train to Jeongdongjin Station. - playtime
23:40~
- spendtimefestival
Varies by program
- sponsor1
Gangneung-si
- sponsor1tel
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-33-640-5530, 5913 - sponsor2
Gangneung-si
- sponsor2tel
+82-33-640-5530
- usetimefestival
Free of charge
- Introduction : Many people come to celebrate a fresh start at the Jeongdongjin Sunrise Festival, taking place on the eve of one year and the first day of the New Year at Sandglass Park. The sandglass at the park has a diameter of 8.06 meters, x_width of 3.2 meters, weight of 40 tons and holds 8 tons of sand, making it one of the biggest sandglasses in the world. It takes a whole year for sand to trickle to the bottom and then the sandglass restarts again on New Year’s Day each year at midnight.
Festival events include a fireworks display, the turning of the sandglass to start another year, and performances by various artists.
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- Jeongdongjin Sunrise Festival (정동진 해맞이 축제 모래시계회전식)
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