Jinshan Dale Garden

Dale Garden (達樂花園) is a former amusement park and sculpture garden in Jinshan on the northern coast of Taiwan. It opened in 1986 and closed around 1999. It famously featured approximately 30 large-scale installations by Zhu Luqing (朱魯青), also known by his English name Idea Chu, whose work was also displayed at Encore Garden in Taichung. Although the park is semi-abandoned it was still guarded in the mid-2020s.

Date CapturedMay 29th, 2014 at 10:36 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED or AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED [II]Apertureƒ / 6.3Shutter Speed1/160 secFocal Length34.0 mmISO100Exposure Value12.6 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedMay 29th, 2014 at 10:39 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED [II] or AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-EDApertureƒ / 5.6Shutter Speed1/125 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO100Exposure Value11.9 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedMay 29th, 2014 at 10:44 UTCCameraNIKON D3100LensAF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED or AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED [II]Apertureƒ / 5Shutter Speed1/100 secFocal Length34.0 mmISO100Exposure Value11.3 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

I made one brief visit to this former amusement park in 2014, back when I was new to Taiwan. I wasn’t even sure what this site was, and soon after setting foot inside I was asked to leave by a security guard, hence the paucity of photos in this entry.