🦐 A Must-Visit Fall Food Festival in Korea: Hongseong Namdang Port Prawn Festival 2026!

🦐 A Must-Visit Fall Food Festival in Korea: Hongseong Namdang Port Prawn Festival 2026! If you love seafood, autumn in Korea has something very special waiting for you! 🍂🦐 The 31st Hongseong Namdang Port Prawn Festival (홍성남당항 대하축제) will return this year, offering visitors the chance to enjoy plump, fresh daeha (대하), Korean jumbo prawns, right when they’re at their seasonal best. The festival will take place from September 4 to November 8, 2026, around Namdang Port in Hongseong, Chungcheongnam-do. 🌊 Located on Korea’s west coast, Namdang Port is especially famous in September and autumn, when fresh prawns become deliciously plump and flavorful. In Korea, eating seasonal food is a big part of enjoying each season, and daeha is one of the most iconic foods of fall. 🇰🇷🍁 These large prawns are known for their firm, juicy texture and naturally savory flavor. They’re also high in protein while relatively low in fat, making them a delicious choice for seafood lovers. Of course, the highlight of the festival is eating! 😋🦐 Visitors can enjoy freshly cooked prawns at restaurants around the port or purchase them to take home. To make pricing clearer for visitors, the festival organizers plan to standardize prices during the event: ₩45,000 per kilogram for takeaway purchases and ₩60,000 per kilogram when dining at participating restaurants. But this festival isn’t only about sitting down and eating. One of its most entertaining attractions is the bare-handed prawn-catching experience! 🙌🦐 Visitors can try catching slippery prawns themselves, making it a particularly fun activity for friends, couples, and families looking for something more memorable than an ordinary seafood meal. The setting is another reason to visit. 🌊✨ Namdang Port offers beautiful views of Korea’s west coast, so you can combine fresh seafood with a relaxing seaside trip. Enjoy the ocean breeze, explore the harbor, take photos by the water, and finish the day with a plate full of freshly cooked prawns. 🦐📸 For international students and travelers staying in Korea this fall, the festival is also a great excuse to venture beyond Seoul and experience a more local side of Korea. Instead of another day of cafés and shopping, why not take a seaside food trip and discover what Koreans mean when they say “jecheol eumsik” (제철 음식)—food enjoyed at its absolute best season? 🍂🇰🇷 📅 Festival Period: September 4 – November 8, 2026📍 Location: Namdang Port, Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do🦐 Takeaway Prawns: ₩45,000 / 1kg🍽️ Restaurant Price: ₩60,000 / 1kg🙌 Highlights: Fresh seasonal prawns, seafood sales, bare-handed prawn catching & more If fresh seafood, ocean views, and local Korean festivals sound like your kind of weekend, put Hongseong Namdang Port Prawn Festival on your fall travel list! 🦐🌊🍁 #NamdangPort #PrawnFestival #NamdangPortPrawnFestival #Hongseong #HongseongTravel #DaehaFestival #KoreanPrawns #KoreanSeafood #SeafoodFestival #KoreaFoodFestival #KoreanFood #KFood #SeasonalFood #KoreanAutumn #AutumnInKorea #FallInKorea #KoreaFestival #KoreaTravel #VisitKorea #ExploreKorea #Chungcheongnamdo #WestCoastKorea #KoreanLocalFood #FoodieKorea #KoreaFoodTrip #SeafoodLovers #ThingsToDoInKorea #KoreaWeekendTrip #Korea2026 #InternationalStudentsKorea