10th Anniversary Imsil N Cheese Festival, feast of savory cheese and chrysanthemums

[Anchor]
Imsil, Jeollabuk-do, is the representative cheese production site in Korea.

Imsil N Cheese Festival, the largest cheese festival in Korea, ended today, National Foundation Day.

There is a YTN issue reporter at the festival site where you can enjoy not only cheese but also autumn chrysanthemums. Reporter Seo Jihyun!

[Reporter]
Yes, it's at the Imsil N Cheese Festival.

[Anchor]
A cheese-themed festival opened today?

[Reporter]
Yes, it is.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Imsil N Cheese Festival, which runs for four days from today to the 6th.

As Korea's first cheese festival, the biggest attraction is that you can experience various cheeses.

In addition to making your own cheese, you can experience almost everything related to cheese, from cheese auctions and cheese fondue experiences.

Let's take a closer look at the festival with Simmin Imsil, the county governor.

Hello, county chief.

[Simmin / Imsil County, North Jeolla Province]
Hello, I'm Imsil-gun, the capital of cheese in Korea.

[Reporter]
Please introduce the Imsil N Cheese Festival.

[Simmin / Imsil County, North Jeolla Province]
Imsil-gun is the first cheese birthplace in Korea, which started with two goats from Belgium in 1976 and made cheese.

Initially, the cheese festival was just a small neighborhood festival held at a public playground in the region, but since 2015, it has been reborn as an Imsil N Cheese Festival by moving to Imsil Cheese Theme Park.

Held in Imsil-gun, the first and only cheese-themed festival in the country, which makes the best cheese, we have prepared more special, richer and more fun for this year's 10th year.

[Reporter]
I'm really looking forward to it. Thank you for your good words today.

In addition, it offers a variety of foods such as local food from 12 towns and villages and Imsil Korean beef.

You can also taste thorn thistle, one of Imsil's representative agricultural products.

The ratio of chrysanthemums, another pride of the Imsil N Cheese Festival, has also increased to 23%, allowing you to enjoy well over 10 million chrysanthemums.

This morning, a welcome event was also held to welcome tourists who arrived at Imsil Station on a festival-only train.

Now, citizens who came to enjoy the festival are constantly visiting this place.

Why don't you taste the savory cheese this weekend and feel the autumn atmosphere with 10 million chrysanthemum flowers?

So far, I'm Seo Ji-hyun of YTN at Imsil N Cheese Festival in Jeollabuk-do.