Gwangyang 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 061-762-9805
Upcoming market days
Market days from public data (as of 2025-11-10). Dates are calculated, so please double-check before you go.
Visit reports
About the market
- History
- Opened in 1964.
- Type
- A permanent market open every day, with an extra open-air market on dates ending in 1·6.
- Shops
- About 97 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.
- 🧺Gwangyang 5-Day MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 215m straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Yudang Park
- 📜 HistoryCreated in 1528 by Gwangyang magistrate Park Se-hu, it was designated as a tourist site in 1979.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is a parking lot for up to 1,000 cars.
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1528년 광양현감 박세후 조성
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Parking
- Contact 061-797-4979
- 🚗 861m straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Gwangyang History and Culture Museum
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1942.
- 👀 HighlightsIt exhibits and explains materials on Gwangyang's history, culture and notable people.
- 💡 Good to knowIt has a 1,000-car parking lot, restrooms and exhibition halls.
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광양의 역사, 문화, 인물 자료 전시·설명
- Designated a tourist site in 1942
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms, Exhibition hall, Management office
- Contact 061-797-1985
- 🚗 515m straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Jangdo Transmission Center
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2001, it is associated with Important Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 60, the ornamental knife maker (Jangdojang).
- 👀 HighlightsSee the ornamental knives (jangdo) once carried by scholars and women.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 1,000 cars, with restrooms and a souvenir shop.
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장도 선비·부녀자 사용, 중요무형문화재 60호 장도장
- Designated a tourist site in 2001
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Souvenir shop
- Contact 061-763-0510
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
- 📜 HistoryCreated in 1528 by Gwangyang magistrate Park Se-hu, it was designated as a tourist site in 1979.
- 💡 Good to knowThere is a parking lot for up to 1,000 cars.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
1528년 광양현감 박세후 조성
- Designated a tourist site in 1979
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Parking
- Contact 061-797-4979
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2017, with construction scheduled to begin in late 2017.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 1,000 cars, with restrooms, a souvenir shop and a cafeteria.
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2017년 말 착공 예정
- Designated a tourist site in 2017
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Souvenir shop, Art museum, Exhibition hall, Cafeteria, Management office
- Contact 061-797-2227
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 1942.
- 👀 HighlightsIt exhibits and explains materials on Gwangyang's history, culture and notable people.
- 💡 Good to knowIt has a 1,000-car parking lot, restrooms and exhibition halls.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
광양의 역사, 문화, 인물 자료 전시·설명
- Designated a tourist site in 1942
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms, Exhibition hall, Management office
- Contact 061-797-1985
- 📜 HistoryDesignated as a tourist site in 2001, it is associated with Important Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 60, the ornamental knife maker (Jangdojang).
- 👀 HighlightsSee the ornamental knives (jangdo) once carried by scholars and women.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 1,000 cars, with restrooms and a souvenir shop.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
장도 선비·부녀자 사용, 중요무형문화재 60호 장도장
- Designated a tourist site in 2001
- Parking for 1,000 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking, Souvenir shop
- Contact 061-763-0510
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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