Tag: Hwacheon

Picture of the Day: Hwacheon Ice Fishing Festival

| January 16, 2024
Hwacheon ice fishing festival
Hwacheon ice fishing festival
Visitors go ice fishing on a frozen river on the eighth day of the annual Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival in Hwacheon in Gangwon Province, about 90 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Jan. 13, 2024, in this photo provided by Hwacheon county. The cumulative number of visitors surpassed 500,000 as of this day, according to the county. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Heavy Snow in Hwacheon

| December 18, 2023

A mountain in Hwacheon County in Gangwon Province is covered in snow amid a cold wave on Dec. 17, 2023. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: 2023 Hwacheon Ice Festival

| January 9, 2023
Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival
Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival
Many people enjoy fishing at the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province, on Jan. 8, 2023, amid eased virus curbs. The festival was not held in the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hwacheon Tomato Festival

| August 8, 2022
Tomato festival
Tomato festivalPeople participate in an event to find a gold ring hidden inside a tomato during the 2022 Hwacheon Tomato Festival in Gangwon Province on Aug. 7, 2022. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Warm Rain Stops Ice Fishing Festival

| January 10, 2020
Spoiled winter fest
Spoiled winter festThe venue for an annual global festival to catch trout through holes pierced through ice in the northeastern town of Hwacheon turns into a “sea of water” due to three days of rains amid unseasonal warmth on Jan. 8, 2020. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: 2017 Hwacheon Tomato Fest

| August 6, 2017

Tomato fest

Visitors throw tomatoes at each other at the 2017 Tomato Festival in Hwacheon, 118km east of Seoul, on Aug. 4, 2017. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Tomato Dive

| August 14, 2016

Diving into tomatoes

Visitors at the 2016 Tomato Festival in Hwacheon, 118 kilometers northeast of Seoul, dive into a pool of the vegetable on Aug. 12, 2016. The festival opened on the same day and will continue to Aug. 15. (Photo courtesy of Hwacheon County) (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Happy Catch

| January 16, 2015

Trout fishing

Foreign tourists enjoy catching trout with their bare hands at a festival in Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province, on Jan. 11, 2015. (Yonhap)