In the restaurant, Taiwanippon (赤綠), it’s a cinch that there’ll be customers there from at least two countries: Taiwan and Japan, and, indeed, the cuisine here has helped build a friendship that transcends national boundaries.
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Moving Mountains: An Australian Hiker Moves in Taipei
One of the things Ray appreciates most about living in Taipei is how easy it is to get out of Taipei without technically having to even leave the city.
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Beautiful Island: Taiwan is a Dream Location for Student Travel
Taiwan’s friendly people and unique combination of urban civilization and indigenous culture make it an ideal destination for experiential education. Two student leaders from America relate their story of leading a student travel group around Taiwan.
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4 Rescue Cat Cafés in Taiwan Cat Lovers Can’t Miss!
Taiwan has long been a destination for cat lovers, ever since the first cat café opened its doors in Taipei in 1998. Since then, the trend has swept across Japan with the rest of the world recently catching on.
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Danish Photographer Bundles Love for Taiwan in Time Lapse Video
Henrik is a professional photographer. Since late May, when A Taste of Taiwan, was posted on Facebook, it has been shared more than 1,600 times.
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The Chishang Autumn Harvest Festival: Culture, Beauty And World Class Entertainment
Taitung County’s Chishang is known for bicycling, beauty and agriculture. But in October, it’s known for something else: An annual harvest festival filled with food, culture and world-class entertainment, The Chishang Autumn Harvest Festival.
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Follow Alana to Taiwan and Beyond
Alana Nichols and I are about to meet up at a vegetarian restaurant in Taipei’s Da An District. Though we’d worked together on an episode of her show, Follow Alana, a few weeks earlier (we’d explored coastal Hsinchu by bicycle, learned the finer points of rice noodle making and gotten in a kite-flying session)…
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Firewalking in Taiwan for Beginners
Six years ago, I walked over a bed of hot coals. While I didn’t burn myself that night, I’ve been raking myself over the coals since.
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Lord of Formosa: A Traveler’s Review
Taiwan Scene reviews Joyce Bergvelt’s Lord of Formosa, a sweeping historical novel about Taiwan’s Dutch colonial period and the life of Admiral Koxinga.
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From Hip Hop Icon to Tech Entrepreneur
At the age of 20, Jeffrey Huang was the oldest member of L.A. Boyz, a hugely popular trio that took Taiwan by storm with their American-style hip hop, rap, and dancing. Now in his mid-40s, Huang has become a serial crossover business entrepreneur. From performing on stage to founding businesses behind the scenes, how has Huang adjusted?
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