台 北 AUTUMN 2016 Vol. 05 AUTUMN 05 Universiade Mascot Blows Out the Candles at Countdown Celebration Wishing Bravo a Happy Birthday! Three Recommended LOHAS Itineraries One-Day Tours of Taipei’s Green Areas Taking the NBA by Storm The renovation of this historic residence Jeremy Lin: Believe in Yourself, and Dreams Can Come True has created a new Starbucks experience and restored this district to its former glory. Entering the Starbucks Bangka Store is as if venturing into the Lin family’s past and traveling back in time to 1930s Taipei. Art Can Change Lives! 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Since then he has had some down times and has switched teams a number of times, but ma- turity has brought perspective and he has been able to overcome his mental struggles, giving new inspiration to both fans and athletes. Taipei City is blessed with “one-day green living experiences,” as it is surrounded by mountains with rivers running through its heart. Just slip on your sneakers, head out your door, and in no time you’ll find yourself traversing mountain trails or riverside pathways, embracing the green life, all in the outskirts of the city! Ac- companied by the cool autumn breezes, TAIPEI invites you to go for a walk. We’ve specially mapped out three LOHAS walking routes for you: on the city’s east, visit Xiangshan, Tiger Mountain, Zhongqiang Park, and 44 South Village. On the south are Fuyang Eco Park, Qingtian Street, Taipei Wat er Pa rk ’s Water Garden Organic Farmers’ Market, and Treasure Hill. On the north, check out the Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch, Taipei Expo Farmer’s Market, Neishuangxi Nature Center, and Jiantan Moun- tain Hiking Trail. Along these green corridors, the lovely scenery of cool autumn is being ushered in. Taipei sports a comprehensive transportation network, its public bus, metro, and YouBike services offering unbeatable convenience, enabling quick and easy access to all attractions for citizens and domestic and interna- tional visitors. It’s no doubt hard to imagine that almost right next to Taipei 101 is a beautiful mountain hiking trail along which you are likely to see Taipei tree frogs, Muller’s barbets, and Formosan blue magpies; or that beside MRT Linguang Station is a dense low-altitude forest; or that just a short walk from MRT Xinbeitou Station is one of “the 25 Most Beautiful Public Libraries in the World” – the aforementioned Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch, Taiwan’s first diamond-class green building. This is a place well worth visiting. A cosmopolitan international city, Taipei boasts a splendid legion of cafes that in turn boast rich variation in individual style and personality. In this issue’s All About Cuisine section we take you on an exploration, spend- ing time in quiet old buildings transformed into cafes where the hand-brewed coffees are richly aromatic and the air brims with history. Industrial, country village, Nordic – the distinctive style of each reflects the character of the respective owners, who pour heart and soul into their enterprises, adding richness of flavor to the food and drink, as well as the lives, of their patrons. The literature and history of a city depicts the richness and depth of local life. In 2015, writer Akira Hi- gashiyama, who was born in Taipei and raised in Japan, won Japan’s prestigious Naoki Prize for his novel Ryu. Taipei is a key source of creative nutrition for him, and in this book he describes the everyday life of ordinary people. This book is filled with magical, exotic vignettes, and a flood of images depicting the Taipei landscape in a bygone era. After World War II, Taiwan-born Japanese were repatriated to Japan with their families. Many, however, looked on Taiwan as their spiritual home, and beginning not so long ago, with time slowly healing the wounds of history, former students of one school started visiting Taipei and their alma mater in regular pilgrimages. Their smiles on recalling precious old memories have become this city’s most precious memories. 07 15 CONTENTS SUMMER UNIVERSIADE FEATURE 27 North Taipei Forest Walk Route – 04 Universiade Mascot Blows Out the Stargazing Candles at Countdown Celebration Paradise Within the Urban Jungle Wishing Bravo a Happy Birthday! 07 Taking the NBA by Storm WHAT’S NEW Jeremy Lin: Believe in Yourself, and 31 Developing Taipei Into a Friendly, Easy- Dreams Can Come True to-Travel City Thoughtful Mobile Visitor Information 12 Swift and Fierce – An Athlete’s Quest Service to Show Taiwan to the World Table Tennis Great Hung-Chieh 33 Reliving Childhood Memories Chiang Eyes Universiade Gold Taiwan-Born Japanese Visit Their School of Long Ago COVER STORY 15 Three Recommended LOHAS FUN TAIPEI Itineraries 35 Malaysia: A Place of Diversity That One-Day Tours of Taipei’s Green Areas Welcomes All Sharing Its Muslim Friendly Tourism 17 East Taipei Route for Nature Hikes and Experience With Taiwan Walks – LOHAS Season Beautiful Forest Scenery Close to the 38 A Traveler’s Views – Urban Center Microscopic and Macroscopic 22 South Taipei Shaded Walks Route – 42 Delicacy Travel Notes Coexisting with Nature Old Taipei Rambles Tranquil Streets Close to Nature AUTUMN 2016 Vol. 05 46 Publisher Yu-yen Chien Editor in Chief Pei-chun Hsieh Deputy Editors in Chief Iyen Wang Editors Julia Szu-tu Davy Cheng Hsiao Wei Lee Zih-ruei Lin ALL ABOUT CUISINE Integrated Marketing Shu-Mei Chuang 46 Savoring Architecture, Listening to Yenhsin Lee Translators Cheryl Robbins Nostalgia Rick Charette Good Times With Fine Coffee in Old Artwork Designer & Production 4Point Design Co., Ltd. Houses Tel (02)2321-5942 Fax (02)2321-5944 51 Reading Design, Savoring Chic Experiencing Life Aesthetics Department of Information and Tourism, Through Stylish Coffee Taipei City Government Add 4F, 1, City Hall Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel 1999 (02-2720-8889 outside Taipei City); LOOKING FOR ART ext. 2029, 7564 Fax (02)2720-5909 56 Japan’s Naoki Prize-Winning Writer Email [email protected] Akira Higashiyama: ISSN 24137766 GPN 2010402342 Taipei, My Original Landscape 60 Art Can Change Lives! 中華郵政台北雜字 第 號執照登記為雜誌交寄 The 2016 Taipei Arts Festival 1376 Price: NT$30 63 Travel Information We hope you enjoy reading this issue of TAIPEI.