Special Korea Tour with Makoto Kogure (Byeon), a Local Korea Travel Planner

Meitetsu Kanko Service Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: 2-14-19 Meieki Minami, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi; Representative Director: Michio Iwakiri) has announced a new tour to Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province, located in the northeastern part of South Korea. On this tour, Makoto Kogure (Byeon), who has visited Korea over 230 times, will guide participants through diverse cultural experiences and local gourmet food, offering an opportunity to create special memories in this region rich in nature and history.

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Makoto Kogure (Byeon) Profile Local Korea Travel Planner & Essayist. She gives lectures on the charms of local Korean travel and plans local travel tours. She has visited Korea over 230 times. In 2018, she completed visiting all 162 cities and counties (at the time) in South Korea. In July 2023, she co-authored "Korea Love at First Sight: Korean Wave Filming Locations & Local Gourmet Travelogue" with writer Hee-bong Kang, published by Futabasha.

Tour Highlights This tour visits three cities in Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (formerly Gangwon-do) in northeastern Korea: Gangneung, Pyeongchang, and Jeongseon. 【Pyeongchang】 In Pyeongchang, the host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics, you can stroll through a ranch at an altitude of 1,100 meters and enjoy fragrant buckwheat dishes in a buckwheat producing area. You will also visit filming locations for the Korean drama "Doctor Slump." Furthermore, you will visit Woljeongsa Temple, where Bae Yong-joon experienced a temple stay in "Winter Sonata." 【Jeongseon】 In Jeongseon, a highland region, you can enjoy refreshing air from the surrounding mountains while gazing at a landscape resembling the Korean Peninsula, and take a drink break at a cafe remodeled from the former Najeon Station building. 【Gangneung】 In Gangneung, you can fully enjoy the seafood and mountain delicacies unique to Gangwon-do, such as natural fish sashimi platters, local cuisine like Ukigori (freshwater fish soup), spicy steamed Tanaka Genge (deep-sea fish), and the famous Sundubu (soft tofu) solidified with seawater. In Pyeongchang, you can enjoy Korean beef charcoal grill, and in Jeongseon, Goryeo thistle rice. Accommodation will be for two consecutive nights at a lakeside hotel in Gangneung, which was used for filming the Korean drama "Yumi's Cells" (one night will be at a different hotel), allowing you to fully enjoy Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province in late summer.

Participation with family and friends is welcome, and solo travelers are also highly encouraged. We sincerely look forward to your participation.

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