周邊景點

Rainbow military housingThe rainbow military housing is in Nantun, Taichung. One of the retired soldiers paints on the wall with paints. However, the housing is facing problem of dismantling for the government’s city plan. There are over 3 thousands of people supporting the rainbow military housing in only 2 days. The retired soldiers started to paint since September, 2008. He paints his dream out on the wall and brings a new life to the military housing. As a result, many people call him Grandpa Rainbow. The spot attracts many people on weekends. The city government declared that the painting is worth to preserve and they will modify their city plan

Yi-Chung shopping districtYi-Chung shopping district including Yucai Street, extending to the Chungyo department store. Taichung First High School, Taichung Institute of Technology and National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sports, Water Conservancy Building and several cram schools are also near this area, forming the street scene of the coexistence of shopping and tuition.Teenagers are considered as the main consumer groups of the district. With the most popular fashion information, food and drinks in this area shows the vigor of the youth. Besides, there are several local snacks such as the Dongshan duck, spicy tofu, chicken pie and octopus balls, all of which are low cost yet delicious.

The Fongjia Night Market is one of Taichungs famous commercial business districts, covering approximately one kilometer in diameter around Fongjia University and includes the Fongjia-Wunhua Night Market, Situn Rd., FengJia Rd., and Fusing Rd. In this CBD, you can find delicious snack foods, quality clothes at reasonable prices to express your unique personality, and the trendiest mobile phones at excellent bargain prices. After the Department of Transportation made great efforts to tackle the parking problems, it has become much easier to park your car or motorcycle at the Fongjia Night Market. Now you can enjoy a relaxing visit here without worrying about not finding a parking space.

57,685 m2 large National Taichung Theater is a large public exhibition and performance space at the 7th Redevelopment Zone, Xitun District, Taichung City, designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito. The Theater is composed of a large theater, medium theater, small theater, and a small outdoor theater, as well as restaurants and a hanging garden.

It was an eye hopital opened by Takekuma Miyahara during the Japanese occupied period, and it was also once a health center in Taichung, and it was even a ruin until the famous pineapple cake company bought the building and reopened itafter renovating. Although renovated, but it still retains many aspects of the original structure, such as the mottled red brick walls and arches of the old carving. The appearance of the red brick building combined with modern stylish glass at the top is indeed the beauty of conflict. The inside of Miyahara will make you feel like walking in Hogwarts with the high-ceilinged building and rows of cabinets labeled and categorized as libraries; but the books are actually only the appearance of the boxes, which contains pastry and cakes. This site is definitely worth to visit in person.

Gaomei was called Gaomi in the Qing Dynasty and was renamed during the Japanese occupation. The wetlands here are over 300 hectares, but the area is only 1/10 of Dadu River wetlands. The geography is divided into 7 categories, which results in diversified organisms in this area. Gaomei Wetlands is one of the few places that have wild ducks.