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Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival
- 📅 Dates
- Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 20, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 74 Sinbiuibadat-gil, Jindo-gun, Jeonnam-Gwangju Special Metropolitan City
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00-21:00
- 🎪 Venue
- Area of Hoedong-ri, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Jindo-gun · Jindo-gun Festival Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-61-540-3408
⚠️ 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
Jindo Island holds the Miracle Sea Road Festival in time for the path’s emergence from the sea. During the hour in which the path remains above sea level, visitors can walk across the middle of the sea and collect seafood such as abalone and octopus using their bare hands. The festival also showcases intangible cultural heritage performances and activities, including Jindo Arirang, Ganggangsullae (Circle Dance), Namdo Deullorae (Farmers’ Song of Jeollanam-do), and Jindo Ssitgimgut (Purification Ritual of Jindo). People from all over the world gather in the global zone for a global music trip,
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
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📊 How busy this area gets
Visitor-volume index for 진도군, 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. · Aug 1.12 / Oct 1.24
🅿️ 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.
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🏮 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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Jindo Mysterious Sea Route진도 신비의 바닷길 Attraction0.7 km straight · walkable
Jindo Island is the third largest island in Korea, next to Jeju Island and Geoje Island. It is made up of 250 smaller islands, and it is famous for a strip of dry road…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 진도군 고군면 신비의바닷길 148 -
Modo Island모도 Attractionapprox. 5.0 km · ~11 min by car
In 1929, Modo Island was spotted by Kim Hae-gim on his way to Jeju Island. He called the island Ttiseom because of the multitude of ttipul grass, a grass native to…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 진도군 의신면 모도길 12-3 -
Ullimsanbang House진도 운림산방 Attractionapprox. 10.4 km · ~17 min by car
On the foot of Cheomchalsan Mountain (485 m), bordering Ssangyesa Temple to the North, sits Ullimsanbang House. The building was once a home to the famous artist, Heo Yu…
Korean address for map apps전라남도 진도군 의신면 운림산방로 315
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Taking the trip home
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