Eat All the Food from 'Spirited Away' in This Taiwanese Town ... | jiufen spirited away
IfyouveeverwantedtoliveinsideJapanesefilmmakerHayaoMiyazakisimagination,thefirstthingyoushouldconsiderisbookingaplanetickettoTaiwan.SoutheastofChinaandsouthwestofJapan,andcoveredinendlessstretchesoflushtropicalforestsanddenselypackedyetalarminglycleanmoderncities,TaiwanservedastheinspirationforHayaoMiyazakisbeloved2001filmSpiritedAway[1].Andifyouwanttoreliveit,allyouhavetodoisretraceChihirossteps.Hoponabus(ortaxi)justoutsideofTaipeiscitylimits.Asyoubarreltowardtheunevenedgesoftheislandsnorth...
If youve ever wanted to live inside Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazakis imagination, the first thing you should consider is booking a plane ticket to Taiwan. Southeast of China and southwest of Japan, and covered in endless stretches of lush tropical forests and densely packed yet alarmingly clean modern cities, Taiwan served as the inspiration for Hayao Miyazakis beloved 2001 film Spirited Away[1]. And if you want to relive it, all you have to do is retrace Chihiros steps.
Hop on a bus (or taxi) just outside of Taipeis city limits. As you barrel toward the uneven edges of the islands northeast shore, close to an hour outside of the city, youll be dropped at the base of a small mountain—at Jiufen.
While to many anime geeks and general film enthusiasts, Jiufen is best known as the inspiration for Miyazakis Spirited Away, to food obsessives, its an eating destination.
For those unacquainted, Hayao Miyazaki[2] is the Japanese animator, writer, director, producer, an...