Imsil N Cheese FestivalPhoto: Korea Tourism Organization

Imsil N Cheese Festival

Imsil Cheese Theme Park, Imsil Cheese Village, Imsil-eup area ยท 50, Doin 2-gil, Seongsu-myeon, Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province

UpcomingOct 8 โ€“ Oct 11, 2026063-643-3900

About this event

The following festival details are from the previous year (2025), and the details for 2026 are currently being updated. The Imsil N Cheese Festival is a representative cultural tourism festival of Korea that is being developed into a festival enjoyed by Imsil residents and visitors together at the Imsil Cheese Theme Park in early October every year to revitalize the local economy and develop the cheese industry. It commemorates the creation of the first cheese in Korea by Father Ji Jeong-hwan, who came to Imsil for missionary work in 1967, starting with two goats and working together with the village youth through numerous trials and errors and hardships.

Event Program

1. Representative Programs 1) Imsil N Cheese Stretch My Own Cheese Making - A grand program utilizing "cheese," the core content of the Imsil N Cheese Festival, to complete two 1,000-meter string cheese strips in a single go, embodying wishes for health, love, happiness, and a prosperous life. 2) Imsil N Cheese Dessert Fondue Experience - A large-scale participatory program using 200 kg of aged cheese for urban residents to easily experience and taste; available for approximately 300 participants per day for 4 days. - Experience Fee: Advance Registration 5,000 KRW, On-site Registration 7,000 KRW 3) National Representative Imsil N Cheese Giant Rice Pizza - A large-scale rice pizza making experience utilizing cheese, the core content of the Imsil N Cheese Festival. Using a professional chef's recipe that can be easily cooked at home, this rice pizza cooking experience allows visitors to satisfy all five senses. - Experience Fee: Advance Registration 7,000 KRW, On-site Registration 10,000 KRW Issue Program 1) Imsil N Cheese Global Cheese Fair - A representative program where tourists visiting the festival can easily taste and experience the excellent taste and quality unique to Imsil N Cheese. Exhibition and tasting of not only Imsil N Cheese but also global cheeses. Admission Fee: Advance registration 5,000 won / On-site registration 6,000 won. 100 people per hour (first-come, first-served entry) 3. Supplementary Programs 1) Imsil N Cheese Eclo Parade - A parade featuring sculptures depicting the cheese story of Father Ji Jeong-hwan, signifying the birth of Korean cheese. A participatory parade involving local residents and tourists, as well as performance groups from Imsil. 2) Imsil N Cheese Auction - An auction event where you can taste and purchase Imsil N Cheese, the representative cheese of Korea, at affordable prices. (October 8, 10, 12 - 11:30, 15:30), (9, 11 - 13:30, 15:30) / October 12 (10:00) - Imsil N Cheese Aged Cheese Rolling & Tower Stacking - An event to promote healthy Imsil N Cheese aged cheese by rolling and stacking cheese to find pure gold inside. Participation Fee: Pre-registration 5,000 KRW, On-site registration 7,000 KRW

Hours

09:00~20:00

Admission

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Organizer

Imsil N Cheese Festival Organizing Committee

Phone

063-643-3900

Location

Restaurants nearby worth visiting

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