Taichung Photo Gallery - West District

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The big department stores tend to have restaurants offering decent views on their top floors. I started with Sogo, where a public dining space opened up towards the west on the 15th floor. Another open window looked towards the north on the 17th, but nothing towards the railway station on the east or south.

A musical show was taking place at Sogo's front entrance as 13:00 approached.

Many Taiwanese skyscrapers have restaurants on higher floors with views. From Sogo's food court :

I went across the street to a hotel, hoping to find some more options. The restaurant fare was not interesting, and the staircase window looked westwards. I ended up finding a conference room with a southerly view, but still nothing looking east.

After lunch, I set out looking for that big green skyscraper.

Umbrella shade was definitely needed on such a hot day!

Taichung's tallest building is home to the Landis Hotel on its upper floors which opened in 2007.

Surrounding streets have nice residential buildings within walking distance to the Calligraphy Greenway, a large urban park stretching 1km long.

Several lanes have various animated characters painted all over the walls and doors.

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