[This post will be updated if new information about places around the station comes available. 🙂 ]

228 Peace Park (二二八和平公園)

This peaceful park is right at Exit 1 of  the station. Go for a stroll and visit the National Taiwan Museum at the park’s northern end. Located in 228 Peace Memorial Park, originally called the Taiwan Governor-General’s Office Museum, this is one of the few preserved Japanese-era museum facilities. The hall is done in elegant renaissance style, the façade in Greek-temple style. Other key features include an arc staircase, gable ornamentation, Roman-style dome, and wraparound stained glass. The irregular schedule of special exhibitions on Taiwan’s culture, geology, and ecology makes this a fine place to get to know Taiwan better.

Add: No.2, Xiangyang Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City
(台北市中正區襄陽路2號)
Website:www2.ntm.gov.tw

228 Peace Park

National Taiwan Museum
(臺灣博物館)

Located in 228 Peace Park, originally called the Taiwan Governor-General’s Office Museum, this is one of the few preserved Japanese-era museum facilities. The hall is done in elegant renaissance style, the façade in Greek-temple style. Other key features include an arc staircase, gable ornamentation, Roman-style dome, and wrap-around stained glass. The irregular schedule of special exhibitions on Taiwan’s culture, geology, and ecology makes this a fine place to get to know Taiwan better.

National Taiwan Museum
Ceiling in the lobby

Add: No. 2, Xiangyang Rd., Taipei City
(臺北市中正區襄陽路2號)
Tel: (02) 2382-2566 (closed on Mondays)
Website: www.ntm.gov.tw

Land Bank Exhibition Hall of National Taiwan Museum
(國立臺灣博物館土銀展示館)

Originally the Japanese colonial-era Nippon Kangyo Bank Taipei Branch, this facility has a hybrid, primarily Western classical, architectural style. Inside are exhibitions on fossils, the building’s restoration, etc.

Land Bank building
Exhibition about the bank’s history
Dinosaur exhibition
Coffee and dinosaur egg cake

Add: No. 25, Xiangyang Rd., Taipei City
(臺北市中正區襄陽路25號)
Tel: (02) 2314-2699 (closed on Mondays)

Taipei Guest House
(臺北賓館)

Built during the Japanese colonial era as the “Japanese Governor’s Mansion,” today this resplendent Baroque-style building is used for official state dinners and receiving foreign dignitaries. The facility is open for public visit just one day each month; please visit check online for instructions.

Add: 1, Ketagalan Blvd., Taipei City
(臺北市中正區凱達格蘭大道一號)
Tel: (02) 2348-2999
Website: www.mofa.gov.tw

Hostel at the park

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