Wonju Yongsugol Autumn Flower Festival
Sep 23 – Oct 5, 2026 · Happening now · Gangwon
Overview
The Wonju Yongsugol Autumn Flower Festival is a resident-led autumn flower festival held in the Yongsugol area of Seogok-ri, Panbu-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province. The 5th Wonju Yongsugol Autumn Flower Festival in 2026 will be held for 13 days, from September 23 to October 5. The festival grounds are a space where village residents directly create and manage the flower fields, featuring a variety of autumn flowers in season. The main flowers include zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, yellow cosmos, purpletop vervain, globe amaranth, and asters, and visitors can enjoy flower fields arranged into different zones according to flower type and color. During the festival, programs centered on viewing the flower fields and taking photos will be operated, and a space for local residents to sell food and local agricultural specialties will also be set up. The Yongsugol Autumn Flower Festival is a seasonal festival centered on flowers held in autumn at Yongsugol, the same site where the spring Field Poppy Festival takes place. It is a resident-led festival in which local residents directly participate in everything from creating the flower fields to operating the festival and managing the environment, serving as tourism content that makes use of the area's natural environment and rural scenery. It is one of Yongsugol's representative seasonal flower festivals, offering seasonal flower tourism centered on field poppies in spring and a variety of autumn flowers in fall.
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Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization 
Photo: Korea Tourism Organization
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