There's really no reason to go Daejeon EXCEPT the Boryeong Mud Festival that takes place every July. In a major tourist-fest, you can cover yourself with the natural mud from head to toe and take pictures that will impress your friends back home all while exfoliating and soothing your skin.

Be careful not to mix up Daejeon and Tajon. Different places. Daejeon is in the middle of korea. Tajon is where the mudfestival is held. It is some party. This place is also famous for its raw fish.

Check out the Lotte Department store area for lots of great shopping and good places to eat. There are Western brands there, so you can get a taste of home if that's what you need.

Taejeon is a nice enough place - Korea's technology center - so it is full of engineers ;) But the city is pretty fun and a nice place to hang out - however my hosts from the university put me in a hotel in the "special tourist zone" which is not such a great place to be - mostly it is a big red-light district, which I could do without. It is much better if you get away from there to the areas where the locals hang out and people are normal!

Daejeon has some decent foreign restaurants. In the taxi, you can say "Timeworld," and in that area, you can find Starbucks, Outback Steakhouse, TGI Fridays, and Bennigans. If you ask around, someone can direct you to Krispy Kreme, which is about a 10 minute walk from Timeworld. You can also go to the Daejeon train station area ("Daejeon Yuk" in a taxi) and there you will find another Outback, Starbucks, and Cin-Cin Italian Restaurant; along with an above-ground outdoor shopping mall and about a kilometer of underground shopping beneath it.

Actually, there are few places to worth visiting in this city, while there are some heritages and landscape at the next city, Gong-ju (capital of ancient Baekje). The name of city, Taejeon, is derived from "the large rice field." Since the cross-country railway and highway was constructed, this city has developed rapidily as the centre of Korea. It is also well known as the city of Science and Technology which gathers hundreds of research institutes. Major places to visit are Expo park, museums, Yuseong spa and its night life :P Of course, you can feel the history and amazing landscape of Korea at GONG-JU. Don't forget to consult tips of Gongju when you visit Daejeon.