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A tour to learn about the history of exchanges between Taiwan and Japan in a hire car. Visit historical sites in and around Tokyo that give a sense of the history of exchanges between Taiwan and Japan in a hire car. A veteran guide who is a former Taiwanese naturalized in Japan will explain the historical sites.
Choose a place to visit below and we will arrange the time for you. You are flexible with start and end times and places to visit.
Tokyo area
・Kabukicho, Shinjuku
Japan's largest entertainment district, Shinjuku Kabukicho, was built by Taiwanese people?
We will explain the places and buildings in Kabukicho that are related to Taiwanese people.
・Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden Taiwan Pavilion A guide will explain the background of why there are Taiwanese-style buildings in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
・Tokyo Mazu Temple There is a full-scale Mazu temple built by a Taiwanese person in Shinjuku. You can also visit there.
・Meiji Shrine and Yasukuni Shrine We will explain how Taiwanese cypress from Alishan was used for the torii gates of Meiji Shrine and the shinmon gates of Yasukuni Shrine.
・Hibiya Matsumotoro Visit the piano played by Soong Ching-ling, wife of Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of the Republic of China. You can also have lunch at the atmospheric Matsumotoro in Hibiya Park.
Yokohama area
・Yokohama Cup Noodle Museum The founder of Nissin Foods, the company that developed Cup Noodles, is Taiwanese. Learn about the founder and the history of the company. Children can also have fun making their own original Cup Noodles.
・We will explain the relationship between Taiwan and Chinatown while walking through Chinatown in Yokohama. After World War II, when the civil war between the Chinese Nationalists and the Communists broke out, conflicts broke out between Taiwanese Chinese and mainland Chinese in far-away Yokohama Chinatown. We will also explain the history of Yokohama Chinatown, the largest Chinatown in Japan with a history of 160 years.
Deep in the mountains of Tokyo's suburban area, on the shores of Lake Okutama, a place rich in nature, there is a memorial monument for Taiwanese war dead from World War II. We will explain the untold story of why the Japanese built a memorial monument for Taiwanese war dead in such a place.