Yuusuke A (Yusuke)
My interesting country is Republic of China and it's also called Chinese Taipei, but I think it's generally known as Taiwan. Taiwan is located in East Asia and Taipei is a capital city. It takes about two hours and thirty minutes from Fukuoka. The language spoken there is Taiwanese Mandarin.I have been to Taiwan twice and when I went there first, I was a twice-year student at high school. My high school has a sister school in Adelaide, Australia so I visited there with my classmates as overseas study and training. I visited there via Taipei, but I had no time to shopping or sightseeing because I stayed there only one hour. I thought when I was a high school student, it seemed I didn't know about Taiwan so much. When I arrived at the airport in Taipei, I didn't know where I was. However, after coming back Japan, I knew about Taiwan on TV and I also knew that Taiwanse people were so kind to Japanse people. It is said that people in Taiwan like Japan and Japanse people. I think so, too and I like the people in Taiwan so much. Then, I started to think I want to go to Taiwan again...
Last March, I visited Taipei again and I visited there with my KGU friend. I stayed at Ximending for four days and at Taoyuan for one day. Ximending is district which is like Shinjuku and Shibuya. There are a lot of famous and popular shops among young people, so we can enjoy shopping so much. There are many CDs of Japanese singers and Japanese TV programs are broadcast almost every day. When I was losing my way in Ximending, a Taiwanse female told me the way in Japanese. I was a little surprised and I knew I could make myself understood in Japanese in Taiwan. That's so glad for me because it shows Taiwanese people speaks Japanese, so I feel close to them. In Taoyuan, there is a international airport and it took only 10 minutes by taxi from a hotel which I stayed at. I went sightseeing and shopping a lot in Taipei and I really enjoyed them and had a wonderful time there.
I think there are a lot of famous sightseeing spots in Taipei. For example, there are TAIPEI 101, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Presidential Office Building, Mengjia Longshan Temple, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and so on. I think they are very good places to visit. I visited all of them and I truly recommend them to you to visit! And also, Taiwan has very delicious food, so you can enjoy sightseeing and eating delicious food in Taiwan, of course shopping, too. I'd really like to visit Taiwan again in the near future!
If you want to go abroad, please try to visit Taiwan! Taiwan is such a great city. I love the people there, the food, the city view and shopping! I am so excited to let you discover an island which is beyond your expectations!!! I hope you'll visit there and enjoy your trip!
"WISH TO SEE YOU IN TAIWAN!"
