I treated myself to the expensive tea.
In the Taipei group tour, 'tea seminar' was included.Tea is Taiwan's well known speciality.We got explanation and tasting of a few kinds of tea including oolong tea.The most attractive one was Puer Tea, which…
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National Palace Museum was seen only from outside
When I reported to my friend in Tokyo that we did not go into National Palace Museum in Taipei, she was shocked. Well, our group tour went just in front of it and we…
Huge Chiang Kai-shek
We visited Chiang Kai-shek Momorial Hall with the group tour in Taipei. This was built 5 years after his death in 1980. The front staircase has got 89 steps, representing his age when he…
The guards are all tall here
The second day in Taiwan, we had a group tour. The first place we went was Martyr’s Shrine where enshrines the dead souldiers. The tourists come here to see the change of the…
Restaurant recommended by our guide
On the day we arrived in Taiwan, I asked our guide for a good Taiwanese restaurant. She recommended Shin Yeh, which apparently has a branch in Japan, too. I checked my guide book and…
Chairs to keep the place
This photo was taken just outside of Longshan Temple in Taipei. These chairs look like the ones we use in a bath in Japan. They did not look new or did not look being…
Surprised to see so many people
We went to Taipei’s historical temple, Longshan Temple. At first I thought some special thing must have been going on, because there were so many people there. Majority was women. According to the…
Gorgeous like a palace
We went to Taiwan joining a tour which we could book online. When we needed to choose the hotel, I found this very Chinese looking Grand Hotel and chose it without any hesitation. It…
The hotel made me think ‘where is this?’ at a glance
The hotel in Kashikojima was called Prime Resort Kashikojima and was booked by my family, so I did not know anything until I really got there.At the first glance, it did not looked like…
