The Taiwan Scene Guide to Taiwanese Tea@Taiwan Scene Tea (chá 茶) is one of Taiwan’s biggest and most famous exports, with tea trade having operated in the country since the 1860s. Nowadays, Taiwan’s tea production is still going strong, with around 20 percent of the world’s oolong tea being produced here, along with the mass production of green tea, black …

Customized Souvenir Tips from Taiwan Scene@Taiwan Scene Taiwan is a subtropical island offering long stretches of valleys growing some of the world’s finest fruits and mountains dotted with tea farms. Naturally, your best bet for take-home gifts are agricultural products… high-quality teas, dried fruits, that sort of thing, right? But….Taiwan is also a high-tech powerhouse, home to some of the …

Dressing for the weather in Taiwan@Taiwan Scene It’s been said that Taiwan has two seasons: Wet, hot summers and cool, damp winters. This, of course, is an oversimplification that fails to take into account the difference between northern and southern Taiwan, our fair island’s many micro-climates, a deceptively charming sounding plum rain season, a spot-on sounding typhoon season, global climate …

Trio café, which is in Huashan 1914-Creative park, is a very recommended café in Taipei. With excellent bartender and romantic atmosphere, you can enjoy a good meal and drink beer with your friends. The comfortable outdoor seating creates an excellent dining experience. While tasting the food, you can also enjoy beautiful view and cool breeze in the garden. Resource: Fanpage …

Kaohsiung Film Archive is located by the river side of Love River in a beautiful image building. Providing many kinds of screening equipment, film books, and screenings of art films and documentaries. It unfolds a new page to the cinematic history of Kaohsiung. Kaohsiung City Government has been facilitating the establishment of Kaohsiung Film Archive since 2000. Based on the …

Fisherman’s Wharf　 It has been 140 years since Kaohsiung Port first opened, and in that time, a lot of changes have occurred. The most recent change took place on the 4th of November 2004, when two sentinel stations were removed. The new Fisherman’s Wharf area is now under the management of the Dakaway Company. They control the whole vicinity, including …

The Presidential Office Building is located on Chongqing S. Road and facing Ketagalan Boulevard. On the back it is Bo’ai Road, on the left it is Baoqing Road, and on the right it is Guiyang Street. The Presidential Building is close to Taipei Main Station and Ximending. The building was built during Japanese colonization period. It was the governor’s mansion …

This museum opened in 2008 in a Japanese-style building constructed in 1921 as a high-class hotel. The 1st floor features exhibits of various folk arts, such as cochin (koji) pottery, wood and stone carving, and puppetry. The 2nd floor preserves the look of the original tatami-floored banquet and performance hall. The museum exhibits include a permanent display on the history of the …

Huisun Forest was called Nenggao Forest. It is the largest of the four forests of National Chung Hsing University. “Huisun” is the name of the late university president Tang Hui Sun. In memory of president Tang, the university renamed the forest Huisun. In addition to the dense forest, there are canyons and waterfalls in the forest. The mountain has an …

Behind the Matsu Temple, the fort was a stronghold of Dutch power until its capture by Koxinga in 1661 after a nine-month battle. In Kangxi Emperor’s regime of Qing Dynasty, Taiwan was included in the empire that the political center was transferred to Tainan City, causing the decline of the Fort. The red bricks of the Fort have been taken …