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Japanese KUMAMON Celebrates Birthday with Adorable Gymnastics and Hugs for Fans
Breeze Supermarket adopts a "direct-from-source" approach, gathering fresh ingredients from around the world to offer consumers an immediate gourmet experience. This time, they’ve invited Japan’s super-popular Kumamoto Prefecture mascot, KUMAMON, who will make two appearances on March 8th at 17:00 and 19:00...
【Friday Fun in Taiwan】Lavender Season Romantic Launch & “KANO” Baseball-Themed Exhibition Super Exciting
It’s finally the weekend again this week. In addition to the extremely popular 1,600 paper pandas exhibition that continues to draw crowds, strawberry farmers in Neihu will also launch their Strawberry Season with special promotions. Moreover, Nantou’s Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village is transitioning from Cherry Blossom Season...
Counting down to the end of the Yangmingshan Flower Festival – Catch the cherry blossom snow next year
The annual Yangmingshan Flower Festival is set to conclude on March 9. This year, the six major festival sites have welcomed over one million visitors in total, with Yangmingshan Park alone attracting 860,000 visitors. This year’s Yangmingshan Flower Festival...
Selamique Turkish Coffee Inherits the Richest Secrets of the Middle Eastern World
When it comes to coffee, Italy or the United States might be the first things that come to mind, but this addictive black beverage originally spread widely in the Arab world. Had it not been for the Ottoman siege of...
Tickets for Taiwan High-Speed Rail’s Qingming holiday travel period go on presale at midnight on March 7
This year (2014), the Qingming Festival offers a three-day consecutive holiday. To accommodate travelers’ needs for returning home for tomb-sweeping and leisure travel, Taiwan High-Speed Rail will operate additional services...
Pick your own riverside flower sea freely！ New Taipei Waterfront Park’s cosmos blooms—“pick them to take home”
In this season of blooming flowers, do you not only want to wander through the floral sea but also take these beautiful blossoms home? The High Ground Engineering Management Office of New Taipei City Government planted large areas of...
【Thursday Art & Culture】10 Pianists, 7 Concerts – “Absolutely Youthful & Passionate Beethoven” Complete Piano Sonatas
A groundbreaking event in Taiwan’s music scene, the “Absolutely Youthful & Passionate Beethoven” concert series, featuring all 35 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas performed in one go, will take place from March 7 to 22 across seven concerts at the Luzhou KHS...
New ways to explore Hong Kong: Take a Star Cruises voyage “by ship, back by plane” — departures available from all regions of Hong Kong
Hong Kong tourism gets a fresh twist as Star Cruises deploys its flagship vessel in Asia, the SuperStar Virgo, to Hong Kong for a six-month series of homeport cruises. The line will offer routes such as Hong Kong–Taiwan, Hong Kong–Sanya–Ha Long Bay, and Hong Kong’s two-day-one-night Happy Ocean Holiday. Among these, 31 sailings will call at Taiwan, where travelers can choose to embark or disembark at Keelung, Taichung, or Kaohsiung. Special promotional offers for Taiwanese travelers include the “Value-Packed Maiden Voyage Deal under NT$10,000” and the “Free Second Cruise for Virgo Passengers.”
The beauty of Penghu Bay rivals that of San Francisco Bay, earning membership in the "World's Most Beautiful Bays"
The beauty of Penghu Bay has stepped onto the international stage. At 11:00 a.m. Berlin time on March 7, Penghu County Magistrate Wang Gan-fa, accompanied by Ambassador Chen Hua-yu of the Taiwanese Representative Office in Germany, Tourism Association of Taiwan President Lai Seh-chen
1600 Paper Pandas Relocate to National Theater & Concert Hall – Get a "Hyaluronic Acid" Touch-up Before Reuniting
The hugely popular public art exhibition "1600 Pandas World Tour – Taipei" has concluded its run at Taipei City Hall Plaza and will move to the National Theater & Concert Hall on March 14. Among its most beloved features, the interactive photo zone has drawn daily crowds...
Cherry blossoms at Tamsui Tianyuan Temple are in full bloom; traffic controls to be enforced on weekends and holidays
The “2014 New Taipei City Cherry Blossom Season – Cherry Blossom Mini Tour” features cherry blossoms blooming from January through the end of March. The New Taipei City Government invites friends from home and abroad to visit the nationally renowned cherry blossom destination – Tamsui Wuji Tianyuan Temple – during the month of March to admire...
【Sunday Slow Moments】JEAN-PAUL HÉVIN CHOCOLATIER, crafting enchanting chocolate desserts
Shipped weekly from France to Taiwan, all chocolate desserts remain entirely true to their original form without any local adaptations, delivering the authentic creations of Jean-Paul Hévin—melting every customer's heart with rich, sweet cocoa aromas...
【Saturday Cinema】"300: Rise of an Empire" – An Epic Reimagining
"300: Rise of an Empire" is adapted from Frank Miller’s latest graphic novel "Xerxes," continuing the groundbreaking visual style of "300: Rise of an Empire" to tell a new chapter of this epic legend...
A Must-Try in Your Lifetime: Hong Kong’s Century-Old Alleyway Snacks Reimagined in Taipei
The Regent Taipei, following previous all-you-can-eat lobster or king crab buffets, Tim Ho Wan dim sum, and Michelin-starred delicacies from Celebrity Cuisine by Chef Cheng Kam Fu, has once again launched “A Must-Try in Your Lifetime: Hong Kong’s Century-Old Alleyway Snacks.” This collection brings together roast duck and goose from “Bok Kee Roast Meat,”...
Strolling through Japan’s cherry blossom rain – Enjoy Agoda.com booking discounts
Global online hotel booking platform Agoda.com joins everyone in celebrating Japan’s annual romantic cherry blossom season. Now, Agoda.com is offering great hotel deals, including up to 15% off for stays of 3 nights or more at Hotel New Otani Tokyo...
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New Taipei’s “Brilliant Tung Blossom Festival” to Release 50 Sky Lanterns Free Monthly
The New Taipei City Government’s Department of Tourism has launched the “Brilliant Tung Blossom Festival ~ Monthly Sky Lantern Release” and “Shihfen Showcases Talent ~ Every Month Is Spectacular” events, offering 50 free 4TN sky lanterns each month, along with performances by local groups including elementary and middle school teachers and students from Pingxi...
【Wednesday Special】Fuxin Hotel’s IN Tasha Happy Hour – 50% Off & Buy One Get One Free on Drinks
From now until May 31, every evening starting at 18:00, buy one get 50% off on the second item of the same price for IN Tasha bread or sliced cakes ! The happiness-delivering IN Tasha Bakery has all new products launching now ! Adhering to...
Essential Travel Information in Miyagi, Japan – Experience the Vitality of Tohoku After the 311 Earthquake
The Tohoku region of Japan may not be as familiar to many netizens as Tokyo, Osaka, or Kyoto, but it left a deep impression on people’s minds during the Great East Japan Earthquake three years ago. To this day...
Kaohsiung Youth Festival Contiki Party – Your Launchpad for a Post-Graduation World Adventure
The long-popular gap year in the West allows fresh university graduates to pause, explore the world, and discover themselves through travel, making friends across the globe...