Downtown Wonju

Getting here

From Incheon Airport

Take the direct bus. Wonju City's directions page lists buses from Incheon International Airport to Wonju Express Bus Terminal every hour from 07:00 to 18:00, taking about 3 hours. Driving, the same page gives 162.68 km to Namwonju IC, in an expected 2 hours 10 minutes.

From Seoul

By bus or train. Wonju City lists express buses from Seoul from 06:10 to 22:40 and intercity buses from Dong Seoul from 06:10 to 22:25, both taking about 1 hour 30 minutes. Trains run from Cheongnyangni Station to Wonju from 06:40 to 23:15, by the city's page, and Wonju Station is about 15 minutes by road from the Gamyeong, by the tour-bus timetable.

From Wonju Station

Take a taxi with your bags, or the city tour bus. Its timetable dated February 2026 leaves Wonju Station at 9:20, 10:40, 15:40 and 17:00, but heads out to Sogeumsan and Museum SAN first and reaches Gangwon Gamyeong on the way back, at 11:35, 12:55, 17:55 and 19:15. It does not run on Mondays, 1 January, Seollal or Chuseok.

On your doorstep

• Gangwon Gamyeong The office of the governor of Gangwon-do Province in the Joseon era, at 85 Wonil-ro, which oversaw 26 local administrative units until the 1895 reorganisation, Wonju City says. Historic Site No. 439 since 9 March 2002, with heritage commentators on site from 10:00 to 16:30 every day.
• Wonju Jungang Market At 6 Jungangsijang-gil, in the centre of the downtown commercial district, selling food, clothing, fruit, dried fish and general goods, says Wonju City. KTO says it was selected as a cultural tourism market in 2015 and is open all year round; the art market on its second floor holds workshops, performances and a flea market on the second Saturday and Sunday of each month.
• Jayu Market At 11 Jungangsijang-gil, a shopping centre where clothes and accessories are actively traded, in Wonju City's words. Its entrance is a commercial area with many street vendors.
• Jungang Citizens Traditional Market At 31-3 Jungangsijang-gil: a fruit and vegetable wholesale market until 2000, and a registered wholesale and retail market since February 2006. Wonju City gives its hours as 04:00–21:00 and names no closing day.
• Wonju Folk Flea Market At 531-1 Gangbyeon-ro in Pyeongwon-dong, where the city moved downtown street stalls in December 1989. It opens on days of the month ending in 2 and 7, and the neighbouring dawn market trades from 04:00 to 09:00, April to December.
• Wonju Hanji Theme Park A cultural space at 151 Hanjigongwon-gil where, Wonju City says, visitors learn and try traditional Korean printing methods and hanji paper. Open 09:00–18:00; closed on Mondays, 1 January, Seollal and Chuseok.
• Pak Kyongni Literature Park A new famous attraction in Wonju, in the city's words. Open 10:00–17:00; closed on 1 January, Seollal, Chuseok and the fourth Monday of each month.
• Ttattu Theater At 170 Dangu-ro, the main venue, with Youth Square, of the Wonju Dynamic Dancing Carnival, which Wonju City's festival page describes as a parade festival full of youth and vitality, held in September or October every year.
• Guryongsa and Chiaksan Guryongsa, which Wonju City says was founded by Great Master Uisang in 668, stands at the foot of Chiaksan. The city's hiking guide puts it about an hour by local bus from the Intercity Bus Terminal, with a change at Taejang 2-dong, or direct on holidays.

One easy day from here

1. Morning Leave your bags downtown and be at Gangwon Gamyeong when the heritage commentators start at 10:00.
2. Midday Lunch at Jungang Market, then Jayu Market's street vendors; on the second weekend of the month, the art market upstairs at Jungang Market has workshops and performances.
3. Afternoon Wonju Hanji Theme Park (closed on Mondays) or the Pak Kyongni Literature Park, which closes at 17:00; on a date ending in 2 or 7, the Folk Flea Market instead.
4. Evening Back to Jungangsijang-gil, where the Jungang Citizens Traditional Market trades until 21:00, by Wonju City's hours.

Before you book

• Arriving by train? Wonju Station is about 15 minutes by road from Gangwon Gamyeong, by the city's tour-bus timetable, so take a taxi downtown with your bags.
• Plan around the market calendar: the Folk Flea Market opens on dates ending in 2 and 7, and Jungang Market's upstairs art market holds its workshops, performances and flea market on the second Saturday and Sunday of each month, KTO says.
• Mondays are quiet: Wonju City says the city tour bus does not run and Wonju Hanji Theme Park and Museum SAN are closed. Spend Monday at the Gamyeong, whose commentators are there every day, and at Jungang Market, open all year round, says KTO.
• For Chiaksan, start early: Wonju City's Chiaksan page gives trail entry as restricted to 05:00–13:00 from November to March and 04:00–14:00 from April to October, and the bus from the Intercity Bus Terminal to Guryongsa takes about an hour.