2025 / 3 43 pageviews

A Different Place and Time:

Japanese Colonial Era Buildings in Taiwan

Taiwan’s half century under Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945) represents an important thread in our island’s cultural fabric. The many buildings still standing from this period are a physical record of this history.......

2025 / 3 110 pageviews

Setting Deep Roots in India:

Known-You Seed Company

India has the largest population of any country in the world, and among the more than 150 countries around the globe where Taiwan’s Known-You Seed Company sells seeds, India is its number-one overseas market. The Known-You Seed Company has been developing its business in India for more than 20......

2025 / 3 44 pageviews

Strange Wrinkles in the Urban Fabric:

Taiwan’s Street Temples

What is the most noticeable feature of Taiwan’s streets? Would you guess convenience stores? According to the Ministry of Interior, the 12,000 registered temples in Taiwan are in fact similar in number to convenience stores. Despite often lacking any obvious signage, their characteristic red c......

2025 / 2 20 pageviews

The Beauty of Bald Cypresses

Yuemei Wetland Ecology Park in Taoyuan’s Daxi District is transformed into a dreamy wonderland as the bald cypresses take on their golden-yellow autumn colors, which are mirrored in the serene waters below. Take a walk in this picturesque garden, and bathe in the ephemeral beauty of the gorgeo......

2025 / 2 80 pageviews

Revitalizing the Land:

Cha Tzu Tang’s Camellia Renaissance

Many remote small towns and villages face difficulties because of the aging and outflow of their populations. However, in one community in Yilan County, a different story is unfolding. Behind this new narrative is the “Oil-Seed Camellia Renaissance Program.”......

2025 / 2 153 pageviews

Finding a Road Back Home:

Stories of Shell Ginger

In the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, the children leave a trail of breadcrumbs behind them on their journey, hoping to use them to find their way home. In Taiwan, the Bunun indigenous woman Takbanuaz Ishahavut Pune and the other members of the Gaia Nahuy Workshop have followed shell ginger bac......