Daejeon Balloon Festival
About
Daejeon Balloon Festival, (Opposite Expo Park, by the river). Once a year around October, this is not the international balloon festival you are likely thinking of. The 2010 ion of this annual event had a sum total of two hot-air balloons, both tethered tightly to the ground. However, as the sun sets, they let off an amazingly large quantity of small disposible lantern balloons that float off in the south-westerly breeze of the neon Smart Towers housing complex and into the mountains. Both Daejeon city and the DICC have a tendancy to try and book in other festivals at the same time as this nearby to attract more out-of-town visitors, so keep an eye on local schedules.
