Explore Eastern Taiwan #2

by Sonya

location: Taitung, Taiwan
drawing materials & tools: Moleskine watercolour album(pocket), black pen, water brush, and watercolor

Taitung County Map.台東縣地圖
location: Taitung, Taiwan


Chishang & Guanshan Township.池上鄉、關山鎮
Chishang Township(池上鄉):-The subterranean of Central Mountain Range creats thousandsof hectares od fertile farmland. The clean water and fertile
soil produce the pride of Taiwan-Chishang rice.-How to get there? Train, Eastern Trunk line, alight at Chishang station.
***Must try: Chishang Bento(池上便當)

Guanshan Township(關山鎮):-Guanshan inspires the trend of bicycling around Taiwan Island and it has built the only town-looped bicycle route. Inaddition to the fine rice production, Guanshan is also a cultural town which managing the administrative affairs of thewhole rift. The stories and memories are hiding within the railroad; old buildings, as well as farmlands are expecting to bediscovered by visitors.-How to get there: Train, Eastern Trunk line, alight at Guanshan station.
***Must try: Guanshan Stinky tofu.


Taitung City
location: Taitung, Taiwan
up: Taitung Art Museum. 台東美術館
down: Taitung University Library. 台東大學圖書資訊館


Taitung City
location: Taitung, Taiwan
up: Taitung Sugar Factory. 台東糖廠
down: Mountain-Ocean Bikeway. 山海鐵馬道
Taitung City
location :Taitung, Taiwan
Taitung Forest Park. 台東森林公園
Taitung Seashore Park. 台東濱海公園


Taitung City
location: Taitung, Taiwan
Beinan Site Park. 卑南遺址公園


Taitung County.排灣 卑南 小米 阿粨
aiwan’s aboriginal instrument player(male): Puyuma(卑南族)
Taiwan’s aboriginal singer(female): Paiwan(排灣族)A-bai(阿粨): Taiwan’s aboriginal traditional food made with glutinous foxtail millet, pork,leaf of Khasya Trichodesma(假酸漿葉) wrapped in leaves.
Foxtail Millet(小米)


Taitung County: Luye Township.鹿野高台熱氣球嘉年華鹿野鄉
Luye Township(鹿野鄉):Luye Plateau Hot Air Ballons Festival