Taiwan Sugar Museum

Taiwan Sugar Museum, Qiaotou District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 825

Today's Taiwan Sugar Museum used to be a cane sugar factory, built during the Japanese colonial period. After the factory was shut down in 1999, this area was remodeled into a sugar museum and officially opened to visitors in 2006. Perhaps you will be quite surprised when you hear the name of this museum. , but surely this will be one of the interesting places you can include in your journey to explore the port city of Kaohsiung.

In 1901, the Japanese built a sugar refinery in Qiaotou District, 30km north of Kaohsiung city center. During the Second World War, the factory was severely damaged as a result of the bombings, but was later restored and maintained in production after the post-war years. Later, when the world sugar price dropped and the Kaohsiung city government made some changes in economic development policy, the factory was shut down and converted into a museum, open to visitors from 2006.

This is the first modern mechanical sugar factory in Taiwan operating from 1902 to 1999. This 100-year-old factory is a historical testament to the transformation process in the economic development of Kaohsiung City. , from exporting agricultural products to developing heavy industry. Today, the giant factories for heavy industry are no longer in operation, but the city government still tries to preserve and preserve some of the sites of historical value. And after the sugar factory was listed as a national historic site, part of it was remodeled into the Taiwan Sugar Museum, the rest became an art creation area and an entertainment area. , cuisine with typical food items of the Taiwanese sugar corporation.

The art creation area is built on the foundation of the collective area, the former residence of factory workers. Visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy paintings and sculptures by local artists. Among the old houses built in the traditional Japanese style are old trees that give shade. You will accidentally find secret bunkers along the entrances to the buildings. During wartime, sugar factories were always the target of bombing because sugar was a daily necessity, so the Japanese dug many shelters to serve the war in colonial times. In the center of the factory is a black statue of the Goddess of Mercy. When the factory just started construction, people found underground graves, so the business owner respectfully transferred the Buddha statue from Japan to suppress the gloomy feeling. Today, there are many wooden stelae next to the Buddha statue, visitors write on it prayers for peace and luck for themselves and their loved ones.

At the entrance, you can see some old trains, once used to carry sugar cane to the mill. Today, it's a fun and exciting place for kids. Walking inside the factory, you will see all sorts of large machines, ranging from cutting, pressing, heating, cleaning, distilling, and final crystallizing. Following the instructions in the factory, you will get an overview of the sugar production process.

After visiting the factory, you will continue your journey to an art space of the Ten Drum Cultural Creative Group, where people satisfy their passion for percussion instruments. Or you can also experience a small train, nicknamed wufenzi che (small carriage) is a fun and memorable activity.

The museum is open from 09.00 AM to 04.00 PM, no admission fee. From Formosa Station in Kaohsiung city center, you can take the subway, red line, it takes about 25 minutes to get to Caiotou Sugar Refinery MRT station, get off here and walk for a few minutes you will get there. present at the Taiwan Sugar Museum.

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