Hajeon Manila Clam Five Senses Experience Festival

About the Festival

The Gochang Hajeon Manila Clam Five Senses Experience Festival is an event held in Hajeon Village within the Gochang Tidal Flat, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. Hajeon Village is the largest producer of Manila clams in the country, and this festival utilizes Manila clams, a local specialty, as its main theme. The Gochang Tidal Flat, which serves as the spatial background for the festival, is a pristine tidal flat recognized globally for its conservation value. The main program is a tidal flat experience activity where visitors directly enter the vast tidal flat to harvest Manila clams. In addition, various cooking programs using Manila clams as ingredients and a food market are operated at the festival site. Furthermore, a direct sales market for seafood is set up and operated, where Manila clams can be purchased at discounted prices. Hajeon Manila clams are in season in May, plump and possessing their unique chewy texture. The festival content combines the value of Manila clams as a food ingredient with the ecological characteristics of the tidal flat. This festival is a local seafood festival that combines the natural environment of the Gochang Tidal Flat and the marine resources of Hajeon Village, offering visitors opportunities for experience and consumption. It is an official event that promotes Gochang's local assets, the tidal flat and Manila clams, externally and secures sales channels for seafood.