Da Hu Strawberry Hall
on Jun 27 in attractionsStrawberry season in Dahu is from end of November to beginning of April with 4 harvesting periods. Strawberries on New Year and the 2nd and 3rd phases around Chinese New Year are good in quality and quantity. It is the golden period to pluck strawberries.
To show the features of strawberry kingdom, Strawberry Culture Park was built. It contains Strawberry Hall and Wineland Resort. Plucking Footway is expected to be built behind to connect Da Hu Luo Fuxin Memorial Hall in combination of nearby sightseeing garden to become a complete rural leisure cultural park.
The Hall features strawberry hall, multipurpose activity center, cafe, and farm produce selling area. Behind the hall is Wineland Resort opened at the end of 2002, selling fruit wines, farm produce, processed ice products, coffee, and souvenirs.
The main product is strawberry brewed Humeilian and plum brewed Taoranhong wine.
Carrefour Taichung
on Jun 18 in shoppingCarrefour was founded in 1959 in France. In 1963, the first hypermarket was opened in France. In 1999, it merged Promodes and became the first in Europe and second largest retail group in the world.
The eye- catching red/blue/white logo of Carrefour seems simple but meaningful. The logo contains the business vision and the commitment to consumers since establishment of Carrefour.
It first appeared in 1966. The idea is from C of Carrefour with a blue arrow on the right and red arrow on the left, meaning customers heading for Carrefour form all directions. Carrefour is the French name of the company.
In Taiwan, it is translated into Jialefu, meaning each family is happy and in bliss, corresponding to the business philosophy of Carrefour.
Far Eastern Ai Mei
on Jun 13 in shoppingIt was founded in 1990 with reinvestment by Far Eastern Department Store. After opening of Dazhi Shopping Center in December 2005, Ai Mei has a total of 14 stores in Taiwan with 3000 employees.
In the future, Far Eastern Group will invest more to open more branches to expand market share by integrating internal resources in the group to develop synergy. The potential is infinite. Under continuous reform, innovation and expansion by operation team, Ai Mei expects to continue development to be a sustainable business offering more comprehensive services to customers.
RT Mart
on Jun 09 in shoppingThere are two RT-Marts in Taichung City. One is in Dali City, Taichung County and was established earlier. The other one is branch in Beitun.
RT-Mart is a hypermarket like Makro. Different from Makro, RT- Mart provides more detailed classification and smaller packaging so that shoppers can have different choices. Such hypermarkets are popular among people thanks to complete categories at low prices.
First Square
on Jun 06 in attractionsIt is a large general entertainment square in 13 floors on Luchuang W. Street, close to Taichung Station. The first floor features mainly apparel.
Other floors provide fine foods, cinema, skating rink, bazaar in variety. It is one of places where young people frequent on holidays. Thanks to beautification on Luchuang W. Street, the square has more atmosphere of art.
Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
on Jun 03 in attractions, shoppingShin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store Taichung is on Zhonggang Road. It is the largest department store in Taichung City on fashionable apparel, dining and UCI Paramount Cinema.
The floors are divided into Fine Food Hall, Youth Hall, Famous Products Hall, International Boutique Hall, Fashion Hall, Ladies Hall, Children Hall, Life Hall, Household Product Hall, Activity Hall, Culture Hall, Fun Hall, Sports Hall, UCI Paramount Cinema.
Water dance performance is available each hour in the outdoor square on the first floor. Parents take children playing with water in excitement. This is a good place for shopping and leisure in Taichung City.
Tiger City
on Jun 01 in attractionsWith business circles moving westward and comprehensive planning of new city hall center, the 7th Phase Readjustment Area has become the focus of development in Taichung City in the future.
The 7th Phase Readjustment Area integrates politics, economy and finance as the new metropolitan business district, as the only two new metropolitan business circles with Xinyi Plan Area in Taipei City Lai Xinxiong, Chairman of Yemei International said: “industries in Taiwan are developing in two new trends—high technology and business leisure.
In Japan, department stores have been gradually replaced with new shopping centers. Shopping models in Taiwan often follow those in Japan. In recent years, outdoor cafes on Jingming 1st Street have attracted admiring people. The street is also well known outside Taichung. A lot of visitors want to have a look at Jingming 1st Street when they come to Taichung. This shows the demand of people on quality shopping space.
At the planning of Tiger City, Yemei International requested AC Nielsen to conduct random survey of people aged from 15 to 54 living in major business circles in Taichung City (County) to understand current shopping styles and future life trends.
The results were reference for planning Tiger City Shopping Center, a space in internationalization for humanity, art, life and leisure.
