2026 선양계족산맨발축제

2026 Sunyang Gyejoksan Barefoot Festival celebrates the famous Gyejoksan Hwangtogil — a 14-km red-clay barefoot trail in Daejeon's Daedeok-gu — that has become one of Korea's most distinctive walking destinations because visitors are encouraged to walk it barefoot on the clay path. The 'Sunyang' branding refers to the local distillery that originally maintained the trail. The festival adds guided barefoot walks, foot-care stations, food booths, music programs, and seasonal flower displays. Walking barefoot on red clay has become an unusually distinctive Korean wellness experience, and the festival is the strongest single weekend to actually do it with full infrastructure support. For travelers attached to wellness as travel motivation, this is one of Korea's cleanest single picks.