Photos taken in TAIWAN (1/12)

While The Main Shrine Dedicated To Mazu Was In The Center, A Wide Variety Of Deities Were Seated Around It, Each In Their Own Small Hall

I Still Don't Really Understand The Etiquette, Even Though I've Been To Many Taoist Temples

In The Past, When Deer Harbor Was A Prosperous Port Town, Many Sailors Used To Stop By Tianhou Temple, Which Is Still Visited By Many Believers Today

A Stage Was Set Up On The Side Of The Road To Perform A Traditional Taiwanese Performance, A Glove Puppetry

The Mazu Temple In Lukang, A Prosperous Port Town During The Qing Dynasty, Preserves The Memory Of Its Prosperity As A Trading City

The Design, Which Dares To Avoid Straight Lines, Makes You Feel As If You Have Wandered Into Some Other World Just By Walking Around The Theater

When You Are Inside The National Taichung Theater, You Have A Strange Feeling Of Being At Home In A Huge Sculpture, Rather Than In A Theater

The National Taichung Theater Is Unique From The Outside, But Once You Step Inside, It Transforms Into A Space That Is Even More Like Another Dimension

The Bus Stop In Front Of The National Taichung Theater, With Its Unique Design, Was Also Unique

Once You Board The THSR, You Will Find Yourself In A Japanese-like Space, But With A Slight Delay, You Will Slowly Begin To Feel The Reality Of Being A Traveler

With More Than 600 Gods, There Must Be No Such Thing As A Blessing That Taipei Xia-Hai City God Temple Can't Handle

The Area Lined With Food Stalls At The Dadaocheng Cisheng Temple Is An Alley With A High Density Of Good Food

In Taiwanese Temples, It Is Not Only Necessary To Pay Homage To All The Deities, But The Order Of Paying Homage Is Also Set In Stone

I Was Often Mistaken For A Korean, But When I Came To Taiwan This Time, The Airline Staff Mistook Me For A Chinese, So I Think My Appearance Is Gradually Becoming Chinese

If There Were Fried Pork Like That Sold In Taiwan In Japanese Convenience Stores, I Bet I Would Buy It Every Day!

Whether In Kaohsiung Or Taipei, What You Do Is The Same, And The Only Thing You Turn To Is The Local Market, Where You Can Mingle With The Locals And Look At What They Are Selling

The GOOGLE MAP Posts Show The Difference Between Chinese Culture, Which Has Long Preserved Authentic History, And Indian Culture, Which Was Not Interested In Preserving Its History

The Name Kaohsiung Was Once Written In The Vulgar Chinese Character 打狗

Chinese Food Is Divided Into Regional Subcategories Such As Cantonese Food, Although This Is Not So Obvious To The Japanese

The Old Warehouse District Has Been Renovated And Transformed Into A Tourist Attraction Called The Pier 2 Art District, A Place For Artists And Students To Present Their Creations

In Taiwan, Many People Wore Masks, And I Felt A Difference From Japan, Where Many People Consider The COVID-19 Pandemic To Be A Somewhat Passing Misfortune

Visiting A Local Market On A Trip Is An Interesting Way To Get A Glimpse Of Local People's Lives

In Taiwan, Temples Are So Glamorous That, To The Japanese, Every Day Seems Like A Party Night

Otani Kozui, A Leader Of The Honganji Sect Of Jodo Shinshu, Who Saw The Potential Of Kaohsiung, Built A Farm Here, And Shoyoen Was Built Beside It

Unlike Mainland China, Taiwan's Chinese Characters Are Written In Traditional Chinese, Which Is Easy For Japanese To Understand, But This Can Be A Pitfall

Women With Flagged Sticks In Their Hands Danced Amidst The Smoke Of Firecrackers

When I Looked At The Lanterns Of Sanfonggung, The Lanterns Lined Up In A Gapless Row Looked Like People In A Line, As If They Were Playing A Mass Game

The Sanfong Temple Had Not Only Taoist Deities But Also Buddhist Deities Such As Shakyamuni Buddha And Guanyin Bodhisattva, Making It Look Like A Department Store Of Deities

Sandwiched Between Residences, The Jade Emperor, The Supreme Deity In Chinese Taoism, Resided In A Temple That Looked Like A Multi-story Building

It Is A Waste To Have Breakfast At Your Hotel When You Go To Taiwan, Because There Are Many Cheap And Tasty Breakfast Restaurants Waiting For Travelers All Over The City

The Temple Is Basically A Taoist Temple, But On One Of The Altars, A Buddhist Deity, Goddess Of Mercy, Is Also Enshrined

As I Was Looking At The Fruits, The Female Clerk Spoke To Me In Chinese, Not Thinking I Was A Foreign Tourist

While Japan's Total Fertility Rate Is About 1.4, Taiwan's Is An Astonishing 1.13

You Can Visit Many Places In A Limited Amount Of Time, But There Is A Limit To How Much You Can Eat In A Limited Amount Of Time

The Man Was Happily Butchering Meat In The Chenggong Market Butcher Shop

In Taiwan, Noodles Eaten At Home May Be Bought From A Noodle Factory

All The Nuts Sold At The Nut Stand I Found At A Market In Taipei Were The Same Ones Sold In Japan

The Woman In The Beret Was Happily Buying Aiyu Jelly At A Local Market

Orders Came In Incessantly At The Popular Yong He Soy Milk King, And The Men In The Kitchen Were Busy Working

It Is Not Unusual To See Three People On A Scooter In Taiwan