#jiufen

[atlasandacamera]

Jiufen, Taiwan

[eduseyes]

Jiufen Old Street

One of the inspirations for Spirited Away

2023.07.03

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

No population listed.

[jpegbydewirs]

Come here for the “Spirited Away” vibe.

Jan 27, 2023. Jiufen, New Taipei, Taiwan

[rwoh]

Jiufen at dawn in the mist

[miamaimania]

Illuminated Nights: Jiufen's Rain-Soaked Streets, the Inspiration Behind Spirited Away

[vanillaksses]

Taiwan has my whole heart 💌

[patrick-west-art]

Jiufen back alley - Taiwan

[darklightsworld]

I came back from Taiwan a week ago (been dead for several days afterwards), and it was amazing. I really hope to go back maybe next year. I still have many sights I want to see, and maybe experience a different season. And I miss the food! Taiwan is heaven for vegetarians (probably because of Buddhism), there are great and extremely cheap eateries literally everywhere. Sure, it’s usually like you eat on the roadside, but who cares?! There’s still so much I didn’t try. Aside from one day I had great weather, albeit with higher temperatures that expected, so I really went into summer mostly with around 25°C. One day had 27°C and the only bad weather day had 15°C. Traffic is really extreme, riding and getting off the bus is outright scary, but cheap and necessary, and there are a lot of scooters. The temples were gorgeous, and I also checked out stationery, used book stores for Taiwanese comics and the Taipei Animate. Many of their translations, especially book editions of webtoons have gorgeous extras, but they are so expensive… In the end for new release I only bought one Taiwanese comic that was published in Japan but in monochrome. Stationery were cheap, and I regret not buying some more stuff… The spoken language was a challenge. Young people speak some basic English, but the pronunciation can be tricky. With older folks it was up to gestures – I learned the strange way they show 60 XD On the other hand, basic written things were quite okay for me thanks to kanji. I had great fun with the way some “newer” things are written here and there: the stop button on the bus is 降車ボタン in Japan, but 下車鈴 in Taiwan – and it makes perfect sense :D Anyway, it was really great, very exhausting with the kilometers I walked and then the trip back from Tokyo to Akita, but I can’t wait to do it again.

[fandomandtravels]

358/365 PHOTO CHALLENGE - 2023

[meowrara]

[atlasandacamera]

Jiufen, Taiwan

[eduseyes]

Sunsent at Jiufen, Taiwan

2023.07.03

[grizarts]

Gonna pluck the lanterns off and pop them in my mouth like cherry tomatoes

[jpegbydewirs]

Jiufen, also spelled Jioufen or Chiufen.

Jan 27, 2023. Jiufen, New Taipei, Taiwan

[rwoh]

九分，基隆