Noriko Fukushima on YUNLIN!

Yunlin: The holiday of a lifetime

Are you fed up with “flopout” beach holidays or irritated with long queues and tourist traps in popular tourist spots? Yunlin County is “off the beaten path”. It’s peaceful and full of charming landmarks for a relaxing short trip. And also, it’s an ideal land for a long-haul destination to share in Taiwanese people’s customs.

Yunlin County is located in the southwest of Taiwan, off the east coast of the Taiwan Strait. It is easily accessible by THPR(Taiwan High Speed Rail) which takes just 72 minutes from Taipei. See the timetable in THRS website: https://www5.thsrc.com.tw/en/ticket/tic_time_search.asp

Yunlin County is well known as

the “kitchen of Taiwan”: its flat land is rich for agriculture with abundant water which supplies 40 percent of Taiwan’s vegetables and fruits. The following examples are some of its specialties: sugar cane, coffee, peanuts, black garlic and tea. Besides, along the coast of Yonlin there are excellent fishing grounds. Also, aquaculture industry is thriving: oyster, eel, prawn.

⇒For More specific information, take a look the following video about Yunlin agriculture industry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfjNh6vPf68

Try a glass of freshly squeezed cane juice which is easily available at street stalls.

Don’t miss the chance to purchase black garlic!

It’s made by heating whole bulbs over several weeks, a process that results in black cloves. In Asia it has been perceived as a health product, indeed it’s rich in antioxidants, but recently, it has become a sought-after ingredient in worldwide high-end cuisine.

Have you ever heard about tea seed oil?

It resembles olive oil in its rich nutrient composition, in addition, it doesn’t contain any natural trans fat. It’s proper either for Chinese cooking or for Western cuisine.

Stroll through the Taiping Old Sreet (in Douliu City) where the neobaroque buildings of the Japanese occupation era are now converted into local shops and restaurants. It’s an ideal spot to meet the very caring local people along with the Boziliao Fishing port and Renwen Park Night Market. You’ll see for yourself Taiwanese traditional lifestyle remains there.

“Yunlin Fishery Assosiation Direct Sales Center” in Boziliao Fishing Port provides all sort of seafood to the public from 8am to 6pm.

Don’t miss a chance to savour fresh-caught fish!

The large and lively Renwen Park Night Market is held every Saturday night. More than 400 open-air booths are gathered.

Chaotian Temple situated in Beigang Township is dedicated to the deity Mazu: the goddess of the sea. It’s one of the most famous pilgrimage destinations in Taiwan. Especially, on March 23^rd of the Lunar Calender for the Mazu’s birthday it becomes completely jammed with thousands of believers. This temple is well known for its splendid architecture with showy ornaments.

Please go on an excursion to small villages of Yunlin County. If you are a tea lover you’ll enjoy the stunning scenery of tea plantations in Linnei Township. You can get the main information on the following website.

http://www.vrwalker.net/en/scenery_view.php?tbname=scenerys&serno=1082