南部丨SOUTH

Earlier this year, some friends came to visit Kaohsiung and stayed at the Grand Hotel. Thanks to them, I learned that the hotel offers guided tours. That was how I finally had the chance to step inside this renowned cultural landmark and lift a corner of the veil of mystery surrounding the Kaohsiung Grand Hotel.

When I was a child, I often visited Jiasian with my family. Before heading back to downtown, our last stop was always the taro ice cream street, where we would enjoy a few scoops of taro ice cream before going home. More than twenty years later, I returned to Jiasian and found that the streetscape seemed frozen in time. Except for a few shops that had changed their signs, most of the stores remained exactly as I remembered from my childhood.

Because my workplace is near Central Park, the Cianjin District has always been the area where I most often wander during breaks from work. Over the past few years, I’ve truly felt how much Kaohsiung has changed. Central Park becomes more beautiful every year, and there are more and more events. As a Kaohsiung local, I’m genuinely proud of my city.