Lintienshan
UPDATE: Major fire destroys part of this town. (Including the most scenic section)
Lintienshan is an old abandoned Japanese logging town in eastern Taiwan. In town, there are many old wooden buildings, narrow alley ways, and abandoned rail road tracks that were once used by the Japanese to support their somewhat successful effort to clear cut all the trees in Taiwan.
The town is picturesque, and has an eerie feel to it. The closest thing that I can compare it to is an old ghost town in the US West.
Also, it is interesting to see some of the remnants of the old Japanese Empire here in Taiwan. Looking around town, it also appears that effort is being made to restore some of the buildings here.
This area deserves some more exploration, as there are also mountain hiking trails, a natural hot spring, and a small mountain lake nearby. (Chitsai Lake) But these side trips will have to wait for another day...
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