The Jinju Lattern Festival was a pleasant surprise as I hadn’t really researched much about it before going. I had the chance to go so obviously I took it and had a really enjoyable time here. Jinju isn’t exactly conveniently located for people living in or travelling to Korea’s top 2 cities of Seoul and Busan. By bus, it is about 1.5 hours from Busan and 4 hours from Seoul (more info here).

For those travelling from Seoul or other cities which require a decent bus trip to get here, you might want to stay the night and take the bus or train the next day. If you do take this option, below are some conveniently located places you may want to stay:

The Festival is located in Jinju Park and also covers the other side of the river as well (floating platforms make it easy to cross the river at multiple points as you will see further down in my post).

Basically once you are close enough to the festival it is impossible to miss and the amount of lanterns/lights on display is enough to catch your attention. Below are some of the snaps I took there so I hope you enjoy 🙂

Overall it was a great night spent at the Jinju Lattern Festival. It is easily one of my favourite festivals in Korea (along with the Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival). Should you have any questions please leave a comment 🙂