Where Taipei Meets Ehime (TAIPEI QUARTERLY 2017 SUMMER Vol.08)Post date：2017-07-14
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Where Taipei Meets Ehime
Let's Set off From Songshan and Experience the City by Bike!
Article / Photos｜Secretariat, Taipei City Government
Last May 18th, Taipei City and Ehime Ken, Japan signed a memorandum to promote friendly relations and cooperation between themselves. One of the most refreshing ideas was to initiate and promote an exchange of bicycling culture in each city.
▲ The governor of Ehime, Tokihiro Nakamura (first on the left), experiences the beauty of Taiwan by bicycle. (Photo: Secretariat, Taipei City Government)
Riding the Wind-Swapping Urban Culture
To boost the new cycling program and related tourist activities, the governor of Ehime, Tokihiro Nakamura came to Taiwan on March 9th this year for a 6-day cycling tour of Taiwan, setting off from the designated “sister train station,” Songshan, which is also a station name in Ehime.
Since 2012, Governor Nakamura has visited Taiwan frequently and believes the best way to experience the scenery and get to know any city is on a bike. Ehime is blessed with the beautiful Setouchi Shimanami Kaido Expressway, and Taipei has riverside bikeways. This time, he led a group of ardent cyclists on a circuit of Taiwan and was thrilled by the experience. He hopes to develop this exchange of cycling, tourism and leisure activity between these two cities well into the future.
Let's Set off From Songshan and Experience the City by Bike!
Article / Photos｜Secretariat, Taipei City Government
Last May 18th, Taipei City and Ehime Ken, Japan signed a memorandum to promote friendly relations and cooperation between themselves. One of the most refreshing ideas was to initiate and promote an exchange of bicycling culture in each city.
▲ The governor of Ehime, Tokihiro Nakamura (first on the left), experiences the beauty of Taiwan by bicycle. (Photo: Secretariat, Taipei City Government)
Riding the Wind-Swapping Urban Culture
To boost the new cycling program and related tourist activities, the governor of Ehime, Tokihiro Nakamura came to Taiwan on March 9th this year for a 6-day cycling tour of Taiwan, setting off from the designated “sister train station,” Songshan, which is also a station name in Ehime.
Since 2012, Governor Nakamura has visited Taiwan frequently and believes the best way to experience the scenery and get to know any city is on a bike. Ehime is blessed with the beautiful Setouchi Shimanami Kaido Expressway, and Taipei has riverside bikeways. This time, he led a group of ardent cyclists on a circuit of Taiwan and was thrilled by the experience. He hopes to develop this exchange of cycling, tourism and leisure activity between these two cities well into the future.
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