Okjong Public 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.
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 1953.
- Type
- A 5-day market held on dates ending in 3·8.
- Shops
- About 35 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Agricultural products, Seafood, Clothing, Shoes, Household goods, Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🌾 Hadong-gun 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 Hadong-gun
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.
- 🧺Okjong Public MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 7.7km straight-line · about 15 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Hadong Rail Park
- 📜 HistoryIt opened as a regular station in 1968 and is now used as the rail bike ticket office.
- 👀 HighlightsA poppy festival is held in May, and cosmos and buckwheat flower festivals in autumn.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 30 cars, with restrooms and rail bikes.
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1968년 2월 7일 보통역으로 영업을 개시, 2017년 현재는 하동레일파크가 오픈하고 레일바이크 매표소로 이용되고 있다. 주변 행사로는 5월에는 북천 꽃 양귀비 축제가 열리며, 가을이면 역 주변에 코스모스와 메밀꽃이 만발해 7월 부터 코스모스 메밀꽃 축제를 개최한다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2017
- Parking for 30 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 055-880-2821
- 🚗 1.8km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Lee Byung-ju Literature Museum
- 📜 HistoryDesignated a tourist site in 2008.
- 👀 HighlightsGet a glimpse of the works and literary life of Lee Byung-ju.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 40 cars, with 2 restroom buildings.
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문학인 이병주선생의 작품 및 작품활동을 엿볼수 있음
- Designated a tourist site in 2008
- Parking for 40 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 055-880-2821
- 🚗 15km straight-line · about 30 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Jinju Bronze Age Culture Museum
- 📜 HistoryA museum specializing in the Bronze Age, based on the Bronze Age remains of Daepyeong Village, submerged by the expansion of the Namgang Dam.
- 👀 HighlightsExplore permanent and special exhibition halls, a 3D theater, an outdoor exhibition area and a waterside trail.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for 80 cars, with restrooms, a cafe and a splash pad.
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남강댐 확장에 따라 수몰된 국내 청동기시대 최대 유적지인 대평마을에 만들어진 청동기시대 전문박물관으로 상설전시관과 기획전시관ㆍ입체영상관과 야외전시장ㆍ수변산책로 및 물놀이 시설 등을 갖추고 있다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2009
- Parking for 80 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms, Café
- Contact 055-749-5172
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
- 📜 HistoryIt opened as a regular station in 1968 and is now used as the rail bike ticket office.
- 👀 HighlightsA poppy festival is held in May, and cosmos and buckwheat flower festivals in autumn.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 30 cars, with restrooms and rail bikes.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
1968년 2월 7일 보통역으로 영업을 개시, 2017년 현재는 하동레일파크가 오픈하고 레일바이크 매표소로 이용되고 있다. 주변 행사로는 5월에는 북천 꽃 양귀비 축제가 열리며, 가을이면 역 주변에 코스모스와 메밀꽃이 만발해 7월 부터 코스모스 메밀꽃 축제를 개최한다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2017
- Parking for 30 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 055-880-2821
- 📜 HistoryA museum specializing in the Bronze Age, based on the Bronze Age remains of Daepyeong Village, submerged by the expansion of the Namgang Dam.
- 👀 HighlightsExplore permanent and special exhibition halls, a 3D theater, an outdoor exhibition area and a waterside trail.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for 80 cars, with restrooms, a cafe and a splash pad.
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남강댐 확장에 따라 수몰된 국내 청동기시대 최대 유적지인 대평마을에 만들어진 청동기시대 전문박물관으로 상설전시관과 기획전시관ㆍ입체영상관과 야외전시장ㆍ수변산책로 및 물놀이 시설 등을 갖추고 있다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2009
- Parking for 80 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms, Café
- Contact 055-749-5172
- 📜 HistoryDesignated a tourist site in 2008.
- 👀 HighlightsGet a glimpse of the works and literary life of Lee Byung-ju.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 40 cars, with 2 restroom buildings.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
문학인 이병주선생의 작품 및 작품활동을 엿볼수 있음
- Designated a tourist site in 2008
- Parking for 40 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 055-880-2821
- 📜 HistoryDesignated a tourist site in 1970.
- 👀 HighlightsEnjoy the lake mist and sunsets, an observatory and the Wishing Stairs.
- 💡 Good to knowThe parking lot holds 400 cars, with restrooms and tourist maps.
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지리산을 바라볼 수 있는 아름다운 자연 경관과 어우러진 진양호는 시원하게 탁 트인 전망 속 호반의 물안개와 황홀한 저녁노을로 많은 사랑을 받고 있다. 진양호공원ㆍ 휴게전망대ㆍ소원계단ㆍ동물원ㆍ진주전통소싸움경기장ㆍ남강댐물문화관ㆍ어린이 교통공원ㆍ진양호 일주도로 등의 다양한 볼거리가 있다.
- Designated a tourist site in 1970
- Parking for 400 cars
- Facilities: Parking, Restrooms, Zoo
- Contact 055-749-5933
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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