(Translated by Google) 2021.03.06 Parking nearby A lot of food Many cultural and creative products are repetitive and the price is high Fewer attractions nearby But there are many toilets and convenient There are also hand wash milk and toilet paper🧻 Japanese architecture is really not flattering Really short enough A sense of oppression When it comes to travel, whether it’s a small trip nearby or a long-distance trip, traveling is all about being able to touch a different self, different experience, different insights, and a different cultural history in a strange place. And the way of living brings a big or small impact to oneself, can find things that have never been seen before and the lifestyles of people on the ground, discover the waves that have never been agitated in the routes that are usually used, and can also feel the gradual progress of a city The circulation of the people, especially the hometowns where you have lived, or certain places that you will visit regularly. The "Hinoki Senhuo Village" shared in today's article used to be a dormitory for Japanese basic-level employees in the early days, while the southern area was a high-level official dormitory. In 2005, the Chiayi City Government registered the above-mentioned building complexes as "Municipal Historic Sites" and "Historic Buildings". It is not only the earliest forestry village in Taiwan, but also the most complete and extensively preserved Japanese-style official building complex. In order to preserve the important cultural heritage, it has undergone four years of renovations, and the revitalization project of old houses is used to continue the context, combined with enterprises and cultural creativity, and become a venue for the public to understand forestry history, appreciate traditional construction methods, the beauty of wood crafts, and art exhibitions. . (Original) 2021.03.06 附近有停車場 很多賣吃的 文創品很多重複 而價格高 附近取景點較少 人流量極大 但廁所數多且便利 還有洗手乳跟廁紙🧻 日式建築真的不敢讓人恭維 實在有夠矮 壓迫感超大 說到旅行，無論是就近的小旅行，抑或是遙遠的長途行，旅行都是為了能在陌生的地方觸碰到不一樣的自己、不一樣的心得、不一樣的見解及不一樣的文化歷史與和生存方式給自己帶來或大或小的衝擊，能從未見過的事物與在地人的生活方式中，發現平時已習慣的路線中不曾激盪的浪花，也能感受到一個城市逐步的循動，尤其是曾居住過的家鄉，或是固定會造訪的某些地方。今日文章所分享的「檜意森活村」，早期是日籍基層職員的宿舍，南方一帶則是高級職等的官舍。嘉義市政府在2005年時，將上述建築群登錄為「市定古蹟」及「歷史建築」。它不僅是台灣最早的林業村，也是保存最完整、範圍最廣的日式官舍建築群。而為了保存重要的文化遺產，歷經了四年的修整，以老屋活化工程延續脈絡，結合企業與文創，成為民眾了解林業歷史、欣賞傳統建築工法、木材工藝之美、藝文展覽的場域。

(Translated by Google) The large-scale Japanese-style architectural cultural and creative park continues to have updates and new activities. There is a lot of traffic nearby and it is not easy to park. Very diverse stores and goods are flooded in the park. Every store is worth checking out. It is tall. You must be careful not to hit the beam with your head. You can find food, clothing, housing, transportation and related products here. You can spend a whole day hunting treasures here. There are restaurants where you can eat when you are hungry, and coffee or coffee when you are tired. The dim sum shop can take a break, and there will be occasional street performers on the street. Many places are good for taking pictures. There are places that you must not miss when you come to Chiayi. There are many surrounding alleys that are worth walking around. There will be unexpected Surprise appeared. During the epidemic prevention period, most of the stores also put on masks for epidemic prevention, a personal favorite place^^ (Original) 大型日式建築文創園區，持續都有更新及新活動，附近車流量大且不太好停車，非常多樣化的店家及商品充斥在園區中，每間店家都值得進去一探究竟，個子高的要小心頭部不要撞到樑柱，食衣住行相關產品這裡都找的到，可以花上一整天在這好好的尋寶，餓的時候也有可以用餐的店家，累的時候也有咖啡或點心店可以稍微休息一番，街道上還會不定期街頭藝人的表演，很多地方很好拍照，有來嘉義一定不可以錯過的地方，周邊巷弄中很多值得去走走看看，都會有意想不到的驚喜出現，防疫期間店家大部分也都會貫徹防疫戴上口罩，一個個人非常喜愛的地方^^

Japs left over in Taiwan. The Taiwanese are smart enough to turn the Japanese leftover into a profit generating machine for the locals to boost their economy. There are a handful of wooden quarters being preserved and refurbished into shophouses selling from home-made and healthcare and other non essentials to boost their incomes. Not all of these wooden quarters turned shophouses sell genuine Japanese goods, it's a fusion of both local and Japanese products more to attract tourist. Ya there was a huge crowd no doubt about it but majority of them were tourist forcefully brought there by the tour agents. The idea of bringing tourists here with more then an hour's drive from Kaohsiung city was for you to spend money, buy the products on display and boost the incomes of these locals, they're not so much on boosting the economy. If you have been to one of these tourists business pot then you've been to all. They sell the same old concept of pushing their products, same goes for this place. To be honest, nothing of significance to resurrect Japanese culture or heritage except for a Japanese folk song play over a loud speaker. Given a chance, I rather skip this place knowingly that whatever sells here are normally more expensive than elsewhere. So you understand the true nature of tourist agents bringing you here, taking into consideration of the time taken to come here from city centre is somewhat exhausting. Anyway, enjoy yourself since you're already here. Good luck and happy shopping. Give me a like👍 for inspiration.

This is a very interesting, well preserved and clean little Japanese village showing parts of history within Taiwan. There are art shops, eateries, food products and shops producing cotton towels, souvenirs and clothes. I bought cotton towels as the quality felt really comfy to the touch. I loved the gardens, photography exhibition and the wishing area - write your wish on a piece of wood and hang it in the wishing area. Its nice to keep this part of the culture.

Good for a quick stop to buy local delicacies like egg rolls and biscuits, and souvenirs. This was built by the Japanese during the occupation, and is also located opposite the old railway station.

Neat little Japanese style shopping district in this area of Chiayi you have to visit. You can buy souvenirs and other small things here. Many area for you to walk around and take photos.

Very beautiful tour spot, worth to visit. Ancient style but very clean. Many kinds of street food and drinks taste good. Many nice points to take photos.

(Translated by Google) Very tweeting The weather is good and the environment is clean and comfortable You can also take a walk to visit 🤤🤤 (Original) 很推推欸 天氣很好環境很乾淨很舒服 參觀也可以散步也可以🤤🤤

Nice place, all Japanese style wooden buildings. Though Taiwan tourism bureau make these historical sites into… like shopping mall… not a real place for people to know more about this small country or local history

Japanese traditional architecture, a small village built up in the city. Free to enter and walk around or take photos. Some interesting shops and cute restaurants and cafés available.

It is actually an outdoor garden-style shopping center of various stores, mainly food, drink, and health and beauty products, located in previously Japanese-built-and-owned buildings, with addition of Japanese-style garden, trees, step stones. Although it is named with one Chinese word, forest, it is really nothing to do with forest in any sense. It is a shopping center to attract tourists, shoppers, and other visitors, and it provides free access of bathrooms at two locations of the shopping center.

Parking is a challenge…the place has to be maintained…not as it is as actually shown on google map…the one that does the selling must know at least a bit of English…but i overall is ok …

Japanese style wooden buildings make up this historic area in this town. The buildings are shops that sell souvenirs, wooden crafts and some are cafes with a bit of food as well. You can even hire a kimono from one of the shops to wear . Worth a visit if you're in the area and like small local craft shops and a casual place to chill. Not a bad place for taking a few photos.

It’s a very beautiful place to visit. It’s free of cost. You can find many shops here. Food shops to souvenir shops. In the middle there is a cute little lake. Overall it’s a good place for a small tour!!

規劃有特色，商店街種類繁多，景緻悠美，是市中心内的小森林！

We really enjoyed the thought and experience of the Japanese culture houses and the way they lived. It is free entrance. We were especially grateful that there is prayer room for Muslims to pray at A23, Alhamdullillah, eventhough it's inside the A22 cottage.

If you go to Chiayi, don't forget to come here, it's fun to visit

Another Japanese looked like places in Taiwan. really nice, clean, and historical. It also has muslim friendly praying room in the Japanese style room!. Superb cool!

Old Japanese style house. Nice for walking and buying a Japan made souvenir.

，Quite casual. Nice place to relax

Nice area to walk around with quite a Japanese feel. Lots of gift shops and cafes within each 'house' with people dressed up in kimonos, the area has a chill vibe in general too.

Located at ChiaYi City and it used to be Japanese’s dormitories couple decades ago. It’s innovative village for local artists and brands💕💕 Pretty cool place👏👍

The Japanese architecture is very nice to look at. It has many shops and food options. A good stop in Chiayi! 👍

(Translated by Google) A great attraction. It is full of Japanese-style Japanese architecture, with some small cultural objects. In addition, it used to be a set here. Extraordinarily has another taste It is quite satisfactory. It’s just that the things sold inside are slightly more expensive. (Original) 很棒的一個景點。 裡面充滿日式日式建築，配合上一些文青小物。 再加上這裡以前是片場。格外的有另外一種味道 算是蠻滿意的一個行程。 就是裡面賣的東西稍微貴了一些·

(Translated by Google) The whole is a small Japanese-style building, you can wear a kimono to take pictures, and the street performers are really good! There are a lot of mosquitoes, it is recommended to bring mosquito repellent! (Original) 整個都是日式建築小店，可以穿和服拍照，還有街頭藝人表演真的很不錯！蚊子超多建議要帶防蚊液！

Very cute, worth the visit. Specially if you have never been to Japan. All is well maintained and houses are well managed. In the end it becomes another place to buy staff, but at least the exterior is pretty

Beautiful place to walk around for an hour or two. The main attraction are the, I assume, restored Japanese style structures. The restaurants are a bit pricey but that is to be expected.

(Translated by Google) It's a place to check in and see the scenery to buy things (Original) 很適合打卡看看風景買買東西的地方

It is a small and nicely structured Japanese village with several small and rather pricier shops. I liked the architecture and the garden, as well as the friendly people who were working there. But overall I would rather describe it as "nice" than really good. I don't think it is a must see, but if it fits its nice to check it out.

It is a traditional Japanese architecture made of the cypress wood which ChiaYi is well known for. Full of little tiny cute things, can spend a good time scrolling around the shops. Don't worry they don't hard sell to you, generally very polite & friendly. Free entrance!

Japanese style houses. Many stores selling special items.

Quite a nice place to visit. There’s tons of things to see, look, shop and eat so do allocate enough time for the full experience.

Good tourist attraction. However it is a bit commercialized. Food and gifts are ok but on the expensive side. Can spend an hour if you want walking around. No ticket required which is good.

Interesting place to come for a stroll and buy some snacks or souvenirs. Not everything here is pricey. Some shops selling their signature biscuits or snacks are price the same elsewhere.

Beautiful destination with many small stalls, which sell food and souvenirs. Recommending to come here on an empty stomach so you can try out all the good food and drinks.

Scenic traditional Japanese houses with excellent selections of handmade crafts and delicacies. Plan about 2-3 hrs here with an empty stomach.

Nice place to visit. The village have forestry culture, environmental education, craft design, and cultural creativity. The exterior of the building is in the form of the Japanese-style.

very cozy places to visit, and watch outdoor performance

Japanese Architecture which built in the beginning of 1900. Nice views and you also can enjoy the local food and souvenirs.

There's nothing much here except for a beautiful water pond. You can go if you have spare time, if you don't, don't even bother going.

Just a historical place of Japanese dormitory in the past. Now it's more of a tourism site filled with shops selling a few of their iconic items such as cypress tree items (pretty fragrant and good looking wood) If you are interested in some wooden cypress item to buy back, you can come here. If not it's just a 30min walk around the area to see the Japanese and western Japanese buildings.

An ideal tourist attraction to appreciate ancient japanese architecture, enjoy hipster art crafts and taste some asian street food

Free for visiting. It shows history you may be interested.

Very nice place to hangout or spent an afternoon doing nothing but relaxing. It’s spacious and with a lot of gift or coffee shops. I have to say that the store design is not as stylish as I saw in Taipei or other richer cities, but if you put aside the artist’s mind for a bit, all is good for this small village.

(Translated by Google) As if I came to Japan (Original) 彷彿來到了日本

(Translated by Google) Use the mild climate from mid-February to late April to circle the park twice, which can consume 2 to 4 hours. Due to the large distance between the dormitory buildings, the trees are lush, and it is possible to take a leisurely stroll on non-holidays. (Original) 利用二月中旬至四月下旬氣候溫和繞兩圈園區，可以消耗2～4小時，由於之前宿舍棟距大，所以樹木茂盛，利用非假日是可以從容逛逛。

(Translated by Google) The park is lively and there are many shops I bought a small potted plant at a small stall nearby, so cute (Original) 園區熱鬧，店家多 在附近的小攤位買了小盆栽真可愛

很棒的環境，日式建築保存得很好

(Translated by Google) It is very inconvenient to enter the house with a stroller! (Original) 推嬰兒車來，要進屋參觀很不方便！

文創環境規劃的很漂亮， 每一個區域主題都蠻鮮明的， 尤其霞光寶物珍藏館， 服務的小姐很細心的介紹台灣歷史 值得推薦參觀👍👍👍 除了某一家商家標示不明 標示上大包199元 結果購買時變280 混淆欺騙顧客不可取

不錯逛的地方，可以跟「阿里山林業村 林業藝術園區」、「阿里山森林鐵路車庫園區」、「檜意森活村」三個點以及附近的博物館一起逛，一個上午就過去了～^_^

環境綠化舒適，區內產品種類、品質佳。

不同意但是也不反對

彷彿置身在日式庭園的檜木建築，陽光，造景綠意盎然，是個休閒美拍及文創市集的好地方

(Translated by Google) Beautifully planned There are also many shops inside It's a good place for walks, licenses, and wandering around (Original) 規劃的很漂亮 裡面的店家也很多可以逛 是散步，牌照，逛逛的好地方

#街口 #LinePay #信用卡 根據官網介紹，這裡是日治時期，基於阿里山林業開發所建立的官方宿舍。因為建材多以阿里山檜木為主，使整個區域仿如檜木村，因此當時名為「檜町」，後來整修成現在的檜意森活村，供店家進駐。 這裡範圍不小，橫跨幾條馬路，同性質的店不少，例如冰品店，另外有幾間店以檜木為主題的手工藝品店，可以逛逛，不過似乎也只是走馬看花，有需要才會購買吧。可惜沒有空間比較大、適合坐下來好好休息的店。 店家有支援多種電子支付，例如街口、LINE PAY等。第一次看到信用卡機上面有鏡頭掃描QR CODE，建議店員教客人讓客人自己拿手機掃描，畢竟疫情當下。 搭乘嘉義客運7212號公車到檜意森活村、嘉義高鐵站、故宮南院都免費，上車時跟司機說你要去哪，司機便會給你一張「普通代幣卡」，上下車刷這張代幣卡即可。

很多店家在那邊可以逛逛拍拍照

要有好腿力，好胃口，邊吃邊逛啦！

This is the perfect place for photo taking, especially ootd pics-lots of Japanese influence like buildings. Shops here are full of pretty lil items. There is also an old train track (whereby the train is still functioning)where you would still be able to see the train going by.

A hidden hotel inside Zeng Wun reservoir in Tainan, Aidan. The hotel offers a lot of outdoor activities, swimming pool, kids playground, laser gun shooting room. The breakfast also offers some delicious local Tainan food as well as western food too. Most importantly, there is a 7-11 shop right at hotel. Highly recommended for family to go to.

Wonderful place to hang out with your girl or your kids. The price here are relatively higher than other things in ChiaYi but it’s still quite cheap and worth it.

Great place to spend the time with family on the weekend though stuff might be pricey.

nice old buildings. Things are overpriced like you would expect, but generally nice.

(Translated by Google) Suggested stay time: 2.5 hours Japanese-style buildings that are very well restored The atmosphere in the entire park is also very Japanese There are many small shops to take pictures and go shopping (Original) 建議停留時間：2.5小時 修復非常完善的日式建築們 整個園區氛圍也很日本 還有很多小店 好拍 好逛

(Translated by Google) A great place to take pictures of leisure (Original) 拍照休閒的好地方

(Translated by Google) Very leisurely, the director can eat dried bean curd buns (Original) 很悠閒，所長豆乾包可吃

(Translated by Google) The park is quite large, a Japanese-style building is filled with various merchandise stores, there are kimono rentals in the park, plus a Japanese-style garden Garden, according to the picture, there is a fu going abroad (Original) 園區頗大 ，一間間日式建築內是各種商品店 ，園區內有和服出租 ，加上日式造景庭 園 ，照起相來有出國的fu

(Translated by Google) It’s a good place to shop, buy, and take pictures. (Original) 這裡很好逛，很好買，很好拍照的好地方

很適合帶長輩來這邊走一走的地方😊 而且不論是建築還是造景都很好拍。

(Translated by Google) Looking at the beautiful works of art, even the heart feels beautiful (Original) 看美的藝術作品連心都覺得美好起來了

(Translated by Google) About Hinoki Senhuo Village... The 29 Japanese-style wooden historical buildings can be formally divided into one-family building for senior managers, two-family building for supervisors and dependents, four-family building for dependents’ dormitories, and multi-buildings for single dormitories. Not only the planning is well-organized, but with a deep and gentle atmosphere, but in the entire architectural community, there are public bathhouses and guest houses to meet the dual combination of living functions and commercial functions, and reproduce the ingenious layout of the village when it was built. In Hinoki Senhuo Village, which has undergone four years of restoration and planning, it is now possible to reproduce the old Japanese-style dormitory style and give us a glimpse into the life history of early Alishan forestry development. It not only has the cultural significance of preserving historical buildings and monuments, but also has the educational function of deep local cultural and historical assets. Therefore, when we open the sliding door, we suddenly travel through time and space in the tranquility, stepping into history, the living environment of our ancestors, in the smell of cypress wood. When we slowly walk through the yellowing cultural accumulation, the new green life pulse will bloom in our hearts, allowing history to continue to be passed on, and the story to be innovative. ⚠️It’s not easy to park here, there are paid parking lots nearby, and the rates are different on holidays and weekdays! ! (Original) 關於檜意森活村…… 29棟日式木造歷史建築群，從形式上可分為高級主管的一戶建、主管及眷屬的二戶建、眷屬宿舍的四戶建以及單身宿舍的連棟建。不僅規劃錯落有致，深具和風情緻，並且在整個建築聚落中，設有公共澡堂的湯屋和招待所，滿足生活機能與商業功能的雙重結合，重現當年建村時的布局巧思。 在歷經四年修復與規劃的檜意森活村，如今得以重現舊時日式宿舍的風貌，帶領我們一窺早期阿里山林業開發生活史。其不僅具有保留歷史建築與古蹟的文化意義，更是深具地方文史資產的教育功能。 因此，當我們開啟拉門的剎那，靜謐中恍然時空穿越，在撲鼻的檜木香氣中，一腳踏進了歷史－先人的生活環境－之中。當我們輕緩地走過泛黃的文化積澱後，新綠的生命脈動將在心中綻放，讓歷史繼續傳承，故事不停創新。 ⚠️此處不好停車，附近有付費停車場，假日與平日收費費率不同！！

(Translated by Google) Interesting and diverse (Original) 有趣多樣化

(Translated by Google) Japanese-style buildings are clustered in community shopping streets, which are very distinctive. It is a good place for strolling, shopping, shopping and relaxing afternoon tea. (Original) 日式建築群聚社區商店街，很有特色。 是散步逛街購物休閒午茶的好地方。

(Translated by Google) You can stroll in a place full of Japanese style, and there is no vehicle traffic, suitable for bringing children and family together, great point (Original) 可以漫步在充滿日式風格的地方，又無車輛通行，適合帶小朋友及家人一起，超棒的點

(Translated by Google) 2021/03: Very well maintained^^ Support MIT stores~ (Original) 2021/03:維護得很好^^ 支持MIT店家~

(Translated by Google) They are all Japanese-style buildings! It's pretty good for taking pictures! (Original) 都是日式建築！還蠻好拍照的！

(Translated by Google) Compared to when it opened a few years ago, there are many more shops and houses, a lot of distinctive shops, and a lot of people taking pictures. Afternoon is the best time to visit, and it is less crowded. (Original) 比起幾年前剛開張時多了不少店家跟房舍, 有特色的店家不少, 拍照的人也很多, 午後是最棒的參訪時間, 比較不會那麼擁擠

(Translated by Google) Too commercial, selling similar things. The marked route is unclear, and the dressing room can’t be found for a long time. There is no unified store signboard, and it is ugly to use neon signboards to hang imitation Japanese buildings. It is hard to understand whether the building should be Japanese or Korean, imitating the historical value of previous buildings. You can refer to the blueprint for improvement, at least to make it unique. Most of the buildings are rarely photographed, and even blooming flowers are better. (Original) 太商業化，賣得東西大同小異。 標示路線不清，化妝室找個半天找不到。 沒有統一店家招牌，用霓虹燈招牌掛上仿日建築很醜。 建築看不懂要日式還是要韓式，仿照以前建築沒做好歷史價值。 可以參考藍晒圖改進，至少弄得有特色一點，大部分也很少拍建築，連盛開的花都比較好拍。

(Translated by Google) The hinterland is vast and full of Japanese style. There are many small shops where you can go shopping, shopping, or eating. However, it is not recommended to come on holidays. There are many explosions in tourists and the vehicles are not easy to stop. You can go shopping slowly on weekdays. Fits the feeling here. (Original) 腹地廣大，充滿濃濃日式風情，有許多小店可以逛逛、或買東西、或吃東西，但不建議假日前來，遊客爆炸多，車輛也不好停，平日來慢慢逛，才符合這裡的感覺。

很棒的環境 日式建築 入駐的店家品質也都很好

拍造景點~地方不大~大概一小時就逛玩了~