Hsinchu, Taiwan, is filled with the customs of the Meiji, Taisho and Showa eras

Hsinchu is very small, a treasure city that is often overlooked. Hsinchu is also often overlooked in Taiwan Travel options, but in fact it is a city that exists like a treasure, filled with the style from the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods. The street appearance of Hsinchu's old town has largely inherited the modernization trajectory of the Japanese occupation period. When walking in the old town, you can often see Japanese-style wooden buildings, which have been preserved in a very sophisticated way. Even the Hsinchu Railway Station itself is a classic Japanese building. It was built in 1913 during the colonial period in the post-Renaissance style. It has a two-stage steeply pitched roof and dormer windows. There is also a clock tower on the roof. After a hundred years of hardships, it still shoulders the task of bringing people from Hsinchu to the north and south. . At the same time, Hsinchu is also an inclusive city, where the culture of Southeast Asian immigrant workers is given free space to express itself.

Less than an hour's train ride from Taipei, Hsinchu is often my first choice for a day Trip. I especially have to go to the heart of Hsinchu - Dongmen Market to have dinner at a restaurant before taking a leisurely walk to the train station. Taking the bus back north, the station at dusk is always charming.

1. The moat is like the Kamogawa River in Kyoto
2. Yingxi Gate, the only remaining city gate from the Qing Dynasty in Hsinchu
3. Hsinchu Prefecture Police Department Minister’s Residence
4-5. Hsinchu Park
6. Thai tuk-tuk-shaped Thai restaurant
7. Like a corner of Seongsu-dong, Seoul
8-9. Hsinchu Stomach - Dongmen Market
10. Xinzhouwu, the first department store in the history of Hsinchu, was built in 1934 during the Japanese colonial period and reappeared in splendor 90 years later.
11-12. Hsinchu Station, a century-old post-Renaissance style