Not for folks with a short attention span, but I found a 45-minute #documentary on the 50 years of Japanese rule over #Taiwan and the traces it has left.
Chasing old buildings from that era is one of my favourite activities when exploring cities in Taiwan that I do not know yet.
The connection between #Japan and Taiwan is complex - well beyond masters and colonial subjects.
It also explains why #TaiwanisnotChina. #history #architecture #Taipei #Taichung #Tainan #Taitung

https://youtu.be/xYeQYyx-uwY?si=tcb2SJWHcCdZWZxm

While I do not have any #tattoos myself, I do respect the #tradition behind it in #Polynesian and #Austronesian cultures. And it's great to see that the old art of tapping #ink under the skin outlawed as uncivilized in the Japanese era is still alive in #Taitung thanks to indigenous #Paiwan tattoo artist Cudjuy Padjidres (does that name sound Chinese to you?). #Pacific #Taiwan #TaiwanisnotChina

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8vBg181vQIo

Taiwan evacuates over 3,000 residents as typhoon Fung-wong approaches

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://news.bomboradyo.com/taiwan-evacuates-over-3000-residents-as-typhoon-fung-wong-approaches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taiwan-evacuates-over-3000-residents-as-typhoon-fung-wong-approaches

咱二人 做陣遮著一支小雨傘

#taiwan #taitung #石雨傘 #formosa #small_mountainous_island_country

Sunrise with Taiwan hemlock trees and a sea of clouds

#Mt_north_dawu #Sunrise #pingtung #taitung #ridgeline #taiwan_hemlock #formosa #photography #taiwan #small_mountainous_island_country

Sunrise with Taiwan hemlock trees and a sea of clouds

#Mt_north_dawu #北大武山 #Sunrise #pingtung #taitung #鐵杉 #日出 #ridgeline #稜線 #taiwan_hemlock #formosa #photography #taiwan #small_mountainous_island_country

Xiangyang North Peak

#xiangyang_north_peak #hiking #taitung #taiwan #formosa #photography #small_mountainous_island_country