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November 1–15 · three stops · allow around three hours
Eastern Chiayi: a missing tree, an old rice mill and tea
Showa J18 → Pocket Party → SWAYTEA
Your planning day: Sun, Nov 1: every stop has published hours
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Why this order
A removed tree, a repurposed rice mill and a staff house turned teahouse: three works follow the traces each place holds.
Plan it
Begin at Showa J18 around 13:00, reach Pocket Party around 14:00 and SWAYTEA around 15:00. The two walks total about 2.4 km; leave another hour if you want to sit down for tea.
About 3 km on foot from TRA Chiayi's front station. Take a taxi to Chiayi Park to begin the eastern walk.
Stop 1
Showa J18: the casuarina
A casuarina in Chiayi Park fell and was removed. Artist 楊水源 returns to that tree through new materials and scale around Showa J18, asking how its former presence can still be encountered.
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Right now:November 1–15; 10:00–18:00, closed Thursday.About 3 km on foot from TRA Chiayi's front station. Take a taxi to Chiayi Park to begin the eastern walk.
Stop 2
Pocket Party: the grain's descent
Walk — About 1.3 km to Pocket Party; allow 20 minutes.
The former Jinlong rice mill now holds a craft space, with wooden milling equipment still above it. Nets, grain and projections by 蔡寧 follow the downward paths rice once took through the building.
Venue photograph published in Art Week Chiayi's programme. Editorial use.
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Right now:November 1–15; daily 10:00–20:30.About 2.1 km from TRA Chiayi's front station. Allow 35 minutes on foot, or take a taxi to Chaoyang Street.
Stop 3
SWAYTEA: where traces meet
Walk — About 1.1 km to SWAYTEA; allow 18 minutes.
SWAYTEA makes tea in an old CPC staff house. 江婕妤 brings memories of Xingye New Village and Nantian Market into indigo-dyed fabric. End the walk with its traces, then sit down for tea.
Venue photograph published in Art Week Chiayi's programme. Editorial use.
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Right now:November 1–15; 11:30–19:30, closed Tuesday.About 2.5 km from TRA Chiayi's front station. Take a taxi, or allow 18 minutes on foot from Pocket Party.
