Kikisake-shi Summit 2016 in Taipei (Part1)

I went to Taipei to participate in Kikisake-shi Sumit 2016 (21/5/2016-23/05/2016) in Taipei.

I arrived in Taipei on 20/5/2016 to explore Taipei because it was the first time for me to visit there while the summit and the related activities started from 21/5/2016.

On 20 May, after about 5 hours flight to Taipei from Singapore....and long queue at the immigration..... and about 1 hour bus to the city central.....I finally had a lunch in the noodle shop near the hotel.

the first meal at Taipei was beef noodle (牛肉麺) and Taiwan beer! Yammyyyyy!!

After check in the hotel, heading for Jiufen (九份) . Initially, I planned to get there by a public bus, however gave up as soon as I saw the long queue waiting for the bus. So, I decided to use a group taxi that recruiting customers at the bus stop. I think this was a very good decision, no waste of time, faster and more comfortable but not so expensive (it was 200TWD vs 106 TWD for the bus) !!!

Jiufen used to be a gold mining mountain town, and the town today exists mainly as a tourist destination remembering and celebrating Taiwanese history and culture. This town is especially popular for Japanese tourist because of the anime called Spiritual Away from Studio Ghibli and the nostalgic atmosphere from both retro Chinese and Japanese style cafés, tea houses, and souvenir shops, as well as fantastic views of the ocean.

There were many small alleys in Jiufen, I felt I got lost.... and I nearly lost my way....  At that time, it was not so crowded, but......

After light up (though still not so dark... ) 

As everybody aim to come here after the lighting up, the road is soooo crowded and the move was very slow...

This building is the model of the house in "Spiritual Away"

After Jiufen, I dropped by Taipei 101 to see the night view. The view of Taipei 101 was much more nicer than the view from Taipei 101. In fact, I always think that the view of the tower is much nicer than the view from the tower.... So, no need to go up the tower.....

Taipei 101

Din Tai Fon at Taipei 101 was so crowded, so I gave up to have dinner there. Instead, just took away the food from small shop on the way to the hotel. I enjoyed walking around Jiufen and Taipei. But I was so tired that I needed to take a rest now to prepare the main event starting from the next day. Good night!

Dinner - Soup noodle with beer!