Okgok 5-Day Market
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Getting there · Parking
On market days, lots near the market fill up quickly. Fees are the registered base rates and may have changed. Parking data: Public Data Portal, National Parking Lot Standard Data.
📞 Market contact 061-772-2022
Upcoming market days
Market days from public data (as of 2025-11-10). Dates are calculated, so please double-check before you go.
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About the market
- History
- Opened in 1962.
- Type
- A 5-day market held on dates ending in 4·9.
- Shops
- About 57 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Agricultural products, Livestock products, Seafood, Processed foods, Clothing, Shoes, Household goods, Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🌾 Gwangyang-si specialties
These are local specialties. It doesn't mean this market sells them right now. (Registered Geographical Indications)
Source: Geographical Indications of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) and the National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)
🍶 Local makgeolli from Gwangyang-si
2 breweries
These drinks are brewed in this area. It doesn't mean this market sells them. Sources: Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation traditional liquor data, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs brewery tour program (Public Data Portal), checked by the site operator (picks).
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🗺️ Market and sightseeing · Suggested route
Markets are busiest in the morning. This is a rough route based on straight-line distance, starting at the market and moving farther out. Check real roads and times with the directions for each leg.
- 🧺Okgok 5-Day MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 5.7km straight-line · about 10 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Jeong Byeong-uk House, Where Yun Dong-ju's Manuscripts Were Kept
- 📜 HistoryRegistered as National Registered Cultural Heritage No. 341.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is ample parking and restrooms are available.
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국가등록문화재 제341호
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms
- Contact 061-797-2418
- 🚗 1.2km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Baealdo Waterfront Park
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1979.
- 👀 HighlightsWalk the seaside deck trail and enjoy the sea.
- 💡 Good to knowIt has a 1,000-car parking lot, restrooms and a campground.
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가족단위 야영·캠핑장, 해변 데크산책로
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms, Campground
- Contact 061-797-3363
- 🚗 1.6km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Gwangyang Gim Cultivation Origin Site
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1979, it is also Provincial Monument No. 113.
- 💡 Good to knowUp to 1,000 cars can park, and restrooms are available.
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도지정기념물 제113호
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms
- Contact 061-797-2418
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
📍 Nearby sights
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1979.
- 👀 HighlightsEnjoy lodging, a water park and an outdoor stage together.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 1,000 cars, with a shop and restrooms.
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숙박, 물놀이장, 야외공연장
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Snack shop, Ticket office, Swimming pool, Foot volleyball court
- Contact 061-794-8724
- 📜 HistoryRegistered as National Registered Cultural Heritage No. 341.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is ample parking and restrooms are available.
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국가등록문화재 제341호
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms
- Contact 061-797-2418
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1979.
- 👀 HighlightsWhere the Seomjingang River meets the South Sea stands the Jeong Byeong-uk House, which preserved Yun Dong-ju's manuscripts.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 1,000 cars and restrooms are available.
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550리 섬진강과 남해바다가 만나는곳, 윤동주시인 유고보존 정병욱 가옥
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms
- Contact 061-772-4066
- 📜 HistoryThe tourist area that includes Rainbow Bridge was designated in 1979.
- 👀 HighlightsA 300 m pedestrian bridge that lets you walk over the sea.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 1,000 cars, and restrooms are available.
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해상보도교량(L=300m, B=4m)
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms
- Contact 061-797-3363
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
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