See You at the Market 2 - Ep. 5: Central Market in Pingtung

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Pingtung County is at the southernmost tip of Taiwan. The Central Market lies right in the heart of downtown Pingtung. You can find a wide variety of stores catering to all life’s needs to traditional fresh market stalls and seed shops. It also carries on a century-old cuisine of Japanese-style omelet rice and a surviving old hotel, preserving the architecture and flavors of that time. Spanning different generations, the best of agrarian Taiwan and colonial culture fuses beautifully here.


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