Taiwan International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Full Swing
The 6th annual Taiwan International Hot Air Balloon Festival is now in full swing at LuYe Gaotai in Taitung County. The festival runs through August 7th, featuring hot air balloons from Taiwan and around the world. Sky Rainbow Airlines is the only registered hot air balloon operator in Taiwan, and pilot Lin Yuan-ting says ballooning...Continue reading
Taiwan’s First Sunrise of 2016 in Kenting and Taitung
If you want to catch the first sunrise of 2016 on the Taiwan island, you’d better head to Kenting or Taitung. According to the Central Weather Bureau, at 6:35 in the morning, the first sunrise of 2016 on the island will illuminate the skies of Kenting’s Longkeng (龍坑) and Taitung’s San Xiantai (三仙台). The CWB...Continue reading
2015 Taiwan Open of Surfing Kicks Off in Taitung
Taitung County launched a four-day surfing competition on Wednesday, with more than 70 surfers, including world champions Taylor Jensen and Chelsea Williams, competing at Jinzun beach. Dubbed the biggest surfing event in Taiwan, the 2015 Taiwan Open of Surfing, which carries a purse of $2 million NT, is a recognized WSF QS1500 event. As Taiwan’s...Continue reading
Iconic Tree in Taitung Still Drawing Tourists
A landmark bischofia javanica tree in the southeastern county of Taitung, which was uprooted by Typhoon Matmo last July, is recovering well, drawing large numbers of tourists in the canola flower season. The tree, which stands in a picturesque rice field, in which farmers are now growing canola as fertilizer before the start of the...Continue reading
Crashing into the Taiwan Open of Surfing
Wave riders from all around the world are washing up in Taitung this week for the fourth annual Taiwan Open of Surfing, the final event in the Asian Surfing Championship (ASC). The tournament has also partnered with the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), the world’s largest organization. Three ASP divisions will be featured for the...Continue reading
Taitung Farmer Reproduces Takeshi Kaneshiro Tree
A local farmer has successfully propagated three plants from the famous “Takeshi Kaneshiro tree” in Chihshang Township in Taitung County, which was uprooted during a storm earlier this year. The seven meter tall tree became a landmark after featuring in a 2013 campaign by EVA Airways that showed Taiwan-Japanese movie star Takeshi Kaneshiro sitting under...Continue reading
Temperatures Hit Year’s High in Taitung
Temperatures in Taitung County’s Da-Wu Township soared to 38.3 degrees yesterday — the highest recorded anywhere islandwide so far this year. The Central Weather Bureau says the high was recorded at 11:41 AM and was due to a Foehn wind – that being warm and dry gusts that descend the sheltered side of mountains into...Continue reading
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