— Overview
The notes stay with a brief history and a few named sights, and they stop before a later shop itinerary of food and streets.
— Contents and key concepts
Films, a strait, and a short history
The notes come to Taiwan through films — Secret, You Are the Apple of My Eye, Our Times — and through Tzuyu of Twice. The island sits across the Taiwan Strait from Fujian, about 150 km from the mainland, they write.
In 1885 it became a province. After the First Sino-Japanese War it was Japan’s first overseas colony. In 1949 Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government moved there. The capital is Taipei. Mandarin and Taiwanese are spoken; a form the notes write as “gaegaeo” is read here as Hakka. A dispute over country or province is named only in the range the notes keep.
A few reasons to go
They name the National Palace Museum, Taroko Gorge — written as “taerogak” and read here as Taroko — the Amis, the observatory at Taipei 101, and hot springs.
These are reasons to go, not a timed itinerary, and not a list of prices.
Where the notes stop
A later shop block on travel spots and foods — hours and prices at 101, Ximending, Jiufen, Shilin, pineapple cake, Din Tai Fung — is left unread on this page.
The stretch ends on those named reasons to go. The same Korean report, at fuller length, is on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student note on Taiwan: three films and Tzuyu, about 150 km from the mainland, 1885 and a move in 1949, and reasons to go that name the Palace Museum, Taroko, the Amis, Taipei 101, and hot springs, before a later food-and-street itinerary.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
How do the notes first come to Taiwan, and what geography and history do they keep?
They come through films — Secret, You Are the Apple of My Eye, Our Times — and through Tzuyu of Twice. Taiwan sits across the Taiwan Strait from Fujian, about 150 km from the mainland, they write. In 1885 it became a province; after the First Sino-Japanese War it was Japan’s first overseas colony; in 1949 Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government moved there. The capital is Taipei. Mandarin and Taiwanese are spoken; a form the notes write as “gaegaeo” is read here as Hakka, the language of the Hakka people. A dispute over whether Taiwan is a country or a province is named only in the range the notes themselves keep.
Which places do they name as reasons to go?
The National Palace Museum, Taroko Gorge — written in the notes as “taerogak” and read here as Taroko — the Amis, the observatory at Taipei 101, and hot springs. They are named as reasons to go, not as a timed itinerary.
Where do the notes stop?
They stop before a later shop block that asks what travel spots and foods were introduced, and that lists hours and prices at 101, Ximending, Jiufen, Shilin Night Market, pineapple cake, and Din Tai Fung. None of that is used here.
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