PRINCE'S PAVILION

In order to access it, you have to pay the entrance fee to the cultural complex. In 1922, while he was still Crown Prince, the future Japanese Emperor Hirohito visited Taiwan. Initially he was to visit Jinguashi, the flagship of mining in northern Taiwan, and the mining authorities built him a pleasant house in an ideal location to make his stay more pleasant. But rumors of preparations for an attack by Taiwanese resistance fighters finally made him stay in Taipei, and he never visited Jinguashi. The pavilion, built in Japanese style, was never inhabited, and the mini-golf built in the garden, for the prince, was never used by anyone! The pavilion used to be open to the public, but now you have to be content with admiring it from the outside (but the large windows allow you to see the entire interior). In addition, the gardens surrounding the Prince's Pavilion are well worth a visit and, provided there is not a horde of Japanese tourists, offer a very pleasant sense of calm. The mauve painting of the building is surprising at first glance, and appeals to the connoisseur visitor of Japan. No, it was not a whim of the prince, but it was the result of the visibly dubious tastes of the current owner of the premises, who decided a few years ago to protect the wood (of which the whole structure is made) by covering it with paint... purple! Close your eyes for 10 seconds, imagine the same pavilion in natural wood, and you will be seduced.