After saying Good-bye to our guide, Ko-san, we stayed in Taichung for two more nights and wandered around the city. With the population of 2.8 million, Taichung is the second most populous city in Taiwan and it certainly is a very busy and lively place!
Yizhong Street night market
There are still buildings from the colonial period which are well preserved.
This red-brick building was built by a Japanese ophthalmologist in 1927 during the Japanese colonial time. The roof was modernised but the walls and the inside of the building has been preserved.
It turned into shops and an ice cream parlour in the building, which has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Taichung. The ice cream was nice for your information:)
Two more buildings from the same era stand next each other, the one is Taichung Prefectural Hall and the other Taichung Shiyakusho.
The prefectural hall was under renovation and fenced off, unfortunately.
The Shiyakusho building, on the other hand, was open and there was a lovely and peaceful cafe on the ground floor.
The Old Taichung Train Station was built in 1917 in the Japanese occupation period, also imitating the Western colonial architecture style.
You can check out all the tourist attractions in Taichung in the Taichung Tourism site.
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