Founded during the Qing Dynasty, this small town was a relatively isolated village until the discovery of gold during the Japanese occupation in 1893, quickly developing the town due to a gold rush. Many buildings in the town remain unchanged to this day, reflecting the Japanese influence on both architecture and culture on the island.
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During World War II, the town housed a Japanese prisoner of war camp
where captured Allied Force soldiers (mainly British) were forced to
work in the gold mines. After the war, gold mining activities declined,
and the town today exists mainly as a tourist destination remembering
and celebrating Taiwanese history and culture.
From the beginning of the 1990s, Jiufen experienced a tourist boom that has shaped the town into an attraction easily accessible from Taipei City as a nice day trip (around 2 hours away roundtrip by public transit). Today, the town is filled with both retro Chinese and Japanese style cafés, tea houses, and souvenir shops, as well as fantastic views of the ocean. - in: https://guidetotaipei.com
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