The new director of the Alishan National Scenic Area wants to see more visitors from overseas heading for the mountainous ...

Travelers can also board the first Zhushan line train at 4 a.m. or take the 6 a.m. daily to the mountains for a sunrise view. The ideal time to visit Alishan Forest is from November to April when ...

Once a lifeline for transporting lumber during Japan’s colonial rule in Taiwan, the Alishan Forest Railway has since become a breathtaking mode of slow travel. In part two of our five-part ...

Parts of the network are unused and decaying, but others are in operation as the Alishan Forest Railway. Carrying tourists instead of logs on its 86km (53-mile) network, trains run between 22 ...

Photo courtesy of the Chiayi County Government The Alishan National Scenic Area Headquarters, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, the Alishan Forest Railway, the Cultural Heritage Office and ...

The Alishan Express travels up a mountain past an upland forest of Formosan cypress trees in an undated photograph. Photo: Thomas Bird, Taipei Times In recent years, the Alishan National Scenic Area ...