Near the Taipei 101, once the tallest building in the world, is a historical KMT army village that was turned into a culture village – the Four Four South Village. Long ago I wrote about the disappearing Taiwanese Juan Cun
Visions of Furano : Hokkaido
While spending the summer in Sapporo in Hokkadio, at the northern region of Japan, I made a number of daytrips to explore a bit of the mountainous region of Furano. I started off with the blue pond and Biei and then
Namsan Hanok Traditional Folk Village : Seoul
I’ve always had mixed feelings about folk villages. On the one side, I’m really curious about other cultures, especially the minority cultures within the Asian countries that I visit. On the other side, you can’t escape the feeling that what
Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village near Sun Moon Lake at Nantou County
I’ve heard great things about the Aboriginal Culture Village in Ping-Tung County ran by the government but never quite got around to visiting. As plans changed with my mother to go to central Taiwan instead of east coast I was