Runs until May 31 around Namyangju Ungilsan Station; features popular strawberry-picking program

◇ Children, enthralled in picking strawberries at a strawberry farm, pose for the camera. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News Heo Seon-ryang

A train trip to a faraway city over the weekend is probably what all city people dream of during their daily grind. Is there anywhere close enough for a one-day trip on a weekend? Anywhere near Seoul would be fine.

Then let’s go to Ungilsan Station in Namyangju City, which is easily accessible from Seoul by subway. There is one place there that will satisfy all five senses: the Namyangju Organic Strawberry Fair which runs until May 31.

On Saturday afternoon on March 22, multitudes of people visited the Strawberry Fair venue near Ungilsan Station in Joan-myeon of Namyangju City.

On that day, strawberry-picking was the most popular activity at the fair, especially among children. For an entrance fee of only KRW 10,000, visitors could fill transparent half-liter plastic containers with delicious organic strawberries.

◇ Grown without insecticides, Namyangju organic strawberries are instead protected by insect-devouring aphid wasps. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News Heo Seon-ryang

◇ Launched on March 20, the Namyangju Organic Strawberry Fair is so popular that an average of 600 to 700 visitors come each day, according to an related official. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News Heo Seon-ryang

Food preparation is also popular; visitors can bake cookies and make jam with fresh strawberries.

Namyangju organic strawberries are especially safe to eat because they are grown without insecticides but instead with insect-devouring aphid wasps.

The Strawberry Fair venue is only five minutes away from Ungilsan Station by car, which is 40 minutes away from Cheongnyangni Station by subway.

Under the theme of “Let’s Go to a Strawberry Farm by Train,” this fair offers various programs including strawberry-picking, food preparation, an organic market and water games.

◇ Children play in a bubble boat at a small water park set up at the venue. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News Heo Seon-ryang

◇ Children stir strawberries in a pot with ladles to make strawberry jam at a food-preparation event. ⓒ Gyeonggi G-News Heo Seon-ryang

ⓒGyeonggi G-News | Kim Jin-kyoung jinkyoung_kim@nate.com 

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