This is part 3 of the mini-series on Yilan. If you missed the last two, read them here
[Taiwan] Bed and Breakfast at Yilan 卡幄汀民宿
[Taiwan] Eating in Yilan 宜蘭美食
One of the most popular tourist attractions in Yilan is a collection of Jimmy Liao’s public art works. Jimmy Liao is one of the most well known Taiwanese illustrator. He has published over 30 picture books, most of them meant for adults. His works are mostly watercolor, light and children book like. There aren't many words in his books, often requires one to contemplate on the meaning of the stories. The stories are often poetic, melancholy and conveying a sense of loneliness, but have good endings. Many of his works have been made into TV drama, movies and plays.
To find out more on Jimmy see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Liao
宜蘭的幾米廣場我很多年前就在FB上看過照片, 一直很想去看看, 這次終於如願了喔
為什麼宜蘭這麼多幾米的作品啊？我一開始還以為幾米是宜蘭人
但後來上網看好像也不是…
Some years ago Yilan procured a set of public arts from Jimmy to be displayed in front of Yilan Train Station. It was so popular that Yilan basically turned the areas surrounding Yilan Train Station into a Jimmy theme park.
All the sites are within easy walking distance, the arts are definitely Instagram worthy, but beware of the gazillion visitors. At times you might have to wait in line to take pictures. I had such hard time finding moments when there’s no one blocking that I gave up eventually, hence the reason for pictures below that are photoshopped with bunny heads.
Yilan Train Station
I love how they transformed this old train station into such a colorful and fun looking place! I didn’t get to go inside, I wonder if it’s as colorful.
Plaza in Front of Yilan Station.
Jimmy‘s Theme Park
Jimmy's Theme Park is right by the train station, where the old housings from the Japanese-occupied era are. As part of perserving these houses, the area has also been turned in a Jimmy-themed park, decorated with art works and wall murals from some of Jimmy's books.
老實說我沒看過幾本幾米的書 (希望幾米不要看到這篇）
但幾米的書好像都有點憂傷啊？
光看這些字句就覺得好blue喔
我不知道幾米竟然這麼受歡迎, 不止宜蘭車站前廣場, 連人行道, 公園, 跟公車轉運站都被幾米佔滿了！
來這邊拍照的人之多, 一巴士一巴士的來來去去
想等沒有人再拍照根本不可能…
These two characters are from a book named “Turn Left，Turn Right”. I know this one the best because it was made into a movie. The story’s about a boy and a girl that live next door to each other. One always turn left in the morning, the one always turn right, they never meet. One day they finally met, had a great time, and want to see each other again, a sudden storm destroyed the papers that had each other’s phone numbers on, so they couldn't find each other any more (the story was clearly written pre-cell phone days!)
我唯一最熟悉的幾米作品是“向左右向右走”, 因為有拍成電影
其他的我只是走馬看花, 不曉得哪個故事來著
不過就算不知道什麼故事光, 看這些可愛到不行的角色就快門按不停！
I found a youtube video with pictures from the book (In the video below it showed the titled as "A Chance of Sunshine", but the chinese book title is "Turn Left Turn Right", so is the 2003 movie adapted from this book)
The newest addition to the Jimmy collection is the Yilan Bus Station. This was completed right at the time when we visited.
公車轉運站是我們去的時候才剛蓋好的
這麼可愛的公車站等公車的時間一定飛快吧？
I think they were still working on this wall when we were there
C’mon, don’t tell me you don’t want to wait for buses at this bus station!
When you visit, make sure to stop by this postcard vending machine. The cost of the card includes postage to ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! Just make sure you complete the postcard and drop them off at the mailbox right next to it. I asked my friends to write on my card and mailed it to myself in the States. The card only costed NT$30, I have no clue how the Taiwanese Post Office not lose any money this way.
如果大家有去記得在這個明信片販賣機買張明信片噢
只要當場用旁邊那個郵筒寄出去郵費就全免喔！
寄到世界任何地方都可以
我本來半信半疑, 想說應該只有台灣吧？
沒想到我寄給自己的真的有收到
大家可以試試看旅行時跟同行的朋友互寄明信片
請朋友在明信片上寫下這趟旅行最難忘的事然後當場寄出去
這樣就可以收到有當地郵戳的紀念品, 收到明信片的那瞬間也會回想起旅行時的美好時光
If you never make it to Yilan, another site in Taipei that has Jimmy’s public art is the “Moon Bus” across the street from Taipei 101, take a look at the pictures in this other post here
[閒聊] 台灣人越來越可愛？
http://ocgirl.net/cute-taiwanese/
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