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Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival
- 📅 Dates
- May 1, 2026 – May 5, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 571-25, Ssanggye-ro, Hwagae-myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free (fees vary by programs)
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00~18:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Hadong Wild Tea Healing Center (Tea Café Hadong), Hadong Wild Tea Museum
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival Organizing Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-55-880-6582~4
⚠️ This festival's listed dates have passed
The dates above are from the most recent official schedule. Many Korean festivals are annual events held around the same time each year, but the next date has not been officially confirmed yet — please check the official website or a Google search below before planning a trip.
Overview
The Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival is held every May in Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea’s first tea cultivation site. Designated by the government as an Honorary Cultural Tourism Festival, the festival celebrates Hadong’s wild tea, long renowned for its rich flavor and aroma and grown in the area’s pristine natural environment. Since hosting the Hadong World Tea Expo in 2023, Hadong has strengthened its identity as a “tea wellness culture city” and continued to enhance the value of its tea industry and culture. In 2026, the festival marks its 29th edition. Visit Hadong in May, when the
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
What happens at Hadong Wild Tea Cultural Festival
- Byeolcheonji Hadong Tea Culture Center Pop-up
- Media Art Hall
- Special Museum Exhibition
- Food Show with European Chefs
- Hadong Four Seasons Tea Food Exhibition
- Busking in a Teacup
- Tea Ceremony Experience
- Tea-Making Experience
- Roasted Tea Experience with International Visitors
- Hadong Tea Stories with Tea Masters
- Tea Gathering
- Tea Class
- Green Tea Foot Bath Therapy
- Make Your Own Tea
- Book Talk
- KidZania
- Matcha Experience
- Horibyeong Byeolcheonji Trail Walk
Official programme as registered with the Korea Tourism Organization for the most recent edition. Details can change — check with the organizer before you go.
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 하동군, from Korea Tourism Organization big data. 1.00 = that area's own yearly average, so this compares the area against itself — not against Seoul.
The index covers the whole district, not the festival ground itself. Use it to pick a month, not a day. · Apr 1.05 / Oct 1.20
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
Most sites only say "parking available." These are official figures from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, so you can judge before you drive.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
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Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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Dosimdawon도심다원 Attractionapprox. 2.2 km · ~6 min by car
Hadong's tea fields, which are known as the thousand-year-old tea fields, are characterized by being wild rather than cultivated. Among the many tea gardens in Hadong,…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 하동군 화개면 신촌도심길 43-22 -
Hadong Ssanggyesa Temple쌍계사(하동 Attractionapprox. 2.3 km · ~6 min by car
Ssanggyesa Temple was founded on the southern foothills of Jirisan Mountain in 722 during the reign of Silla King Seongdeok. The temple is famous for the 6-kilometer…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 하동군 화개면 쌍계사길 59 -
Burilpokpo Falls불일폭포 Attractionapprox. 2.3 km · ~6 min by car
Situated 720 meters above sea level, Burilpokpo Falls stands as the tallest waterfall on Jirisan Mountain, boasting a x_height of 60 meters and a x_width of 3 meters. It…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 하동군 화개면 목압길 -
Pyeongsari Field평사리들판 Attractionapprox. 14.1 km · ~19 min by car
Pyeongsari Field was created by Seomjingang River flowing through the canyon which attracted people to form a village. The field served as the central farming field and…
Korean address for map apps경상남도 하동군 악양면 평사리
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