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Jinju City

Agricultural products

Hot Pepper

Used as spice, the pepper is the material for sauce and has a lot of protein with sufficient contents of Vitamin A and C.

Strawberry

With sufficient Vitamin C and sugar in it, the strawberry has peculiar taste that a lot of people like it. It is also used as jam and other processed foods and is recognized as chemicals-free foods.

Yam

  • It is said that the yam give people stamina and other digestive effect that it makes the internal surface of intestines strong.
  • Especially it has also 4 - 5% of the digestive enzyme, Amylase that it has the curing effect against digestive disorder and the effect to reduce cholesterol.

Matte Pumpkins

It has a lot of starch and Vitamin A and a lot of other nutrients. It has been designated as the recommended products by Gyeongnam Provincial Government in 1995.

Chestnut

With high degree of starch, protein, and other nutritions, it is well eaten between main dishes.

Pear

With clean air of Mt. Jirisan and sufficient daylight, it has high sugar contents. With dual colored wrapper, it has no residual chemicals.

Cucumber

With a lot of vitamin A and C, it has fresh taste and is well harmonized with other foods.

Melon

It has 8-10% of sugar in it so that it is very popular during summer.

Burdock

With sufficient fiber, it is good for heart and prevention of constipation as well as removal of wastes from body.

Persimmon

With sufficient vitamin A and C, it is good for adult disease.

Craftwork

Silk

With warm climate and fertile land, Jinju has developed sericulture industry and produces a lot of silk. It produced around 70% of all national silk production. The silk produced in Jinju is also famous for its quality.

Sedge Rush Mat

With good flexibility and humidity proof features, it is broadly used in life and prayer services.

Silver-decorated Knife

  • Keeping the short knives on body has been the tradition from ancient times to use it as a arms or a decoration.
  • Because it is fastened to the waist band or clothes, it is called as fastened knife. The short knife which is put in the bag is called as "bag knife".
  • The man who makes the knife is called the handcraftman of short knife.

Other special products

Sunokjuk Tea (Sunokjukcha)

Sunokjuk is the perennial belonging to lily. The Sunokjuk Tea is made of the root of sunokuk by the traditional secret manufacturing method (manufacturing patent no: 1167120 called 9 jungupo. It tastes light sweet and has no caffeine.

Clean Egg

Raised by clean mineral underground water and windowless poultry house, the egg is clean compared to other eggs. It has stronger yolk and last longer in storage.

Acorn Jelly

  • Keeping the short knives on body has been the tradition from ancient times to use it as a arms or a decoration.
  • Because it is fastened to the waist band or clothes, it is called as fastened knife. The short knife which is put in the bag is called as "bag knife".
  • The man who makes the knife is called the handcraftman of short knife.