Established around 1914 as a forest farm affiliated with the University of Kyoto. It was originally focused on the cultivation of Cinchona trees, a source of quinine, the drug used to treat malaria. In the post-war period it continued to operate as an experimental forest farm but in recent years it has been converted into an ecological garden open to tourists. It is periodically closed due to typhoon damage to the roads leading into the mountains.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Agricultural History in Taiwan (台灣農業史)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.