Essay 2: An Interesting Country

My interesting country is Republic of China. It's also called Chinese Taipei, but I think it's generally known as Taiwan. Taiwan is located in east Asia and Taipei is a capital city. It takes about two hours and thirty minutes from Fukuoka by airplane. The language spoken in Taiwan is Taiwanese Mandarin.
I have been to Taiwan twice and when I went there first, I was a second-year student at high school. My high school has a sister school in Australia, so I visited there with my classmates as overseas study and training. I visited there via Taipei, but I had no time to shopping and sightseeing in Taipei because I stayed there only for one hour. When I was a high school student, it seemed I didn't know about Taiwan so much. Because when I arrived at the airport in Taipei, I didn't know where I was in. However, after coming back Japan, I knew about Taiwan on TV and I also knew there are many Taiwanese people who like Japan and Japanese people. And, I like the people in Taiwan very much, too. Then, I started to think I want to visit Taiwan again...
Last March, I visited Taipei again and I visited there with my classmate at KGU. I stayed in Ximending for four days and in Taoyuan for one day. Ximending is district which is like Shinjuku and Shibuya in Tokyo. There are many famous and popular shops among young people, so we can enjoy shopping there. At CD shops, there are some CDs of Japanese singers and at book stores, there are many Japanese magazines. Also, in Taiwan some Japanese TV programs are broadcast every day. When I was losing my way in Ximending, a Taiwanese female told me the way in Japanese. I was a little surprised and I knew I could make myself understood in Japanese in Taiwan. That's so glad for me because it shows Taiwanese people speak Japanese, so I can feel close to them. In Taoyuan, there is an international airport called Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and it took only 10 minutes by taxi from a hotel which I stayed at. I went sightseeing and shopping a lot in Taipei and I really enjoyed them and had a very precious time there.
I think there are a lot of wonderful sightseeing spots in Taipei. For example, there are TAIPEI 101, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Presidential Office Building, Mengjia Longshan Temple, National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and so on. I think they are very good places to visit. I visited all of them and I truly recommend those places to you! And also, Taiwan has very delicious food, so you can enjoy sightseeing and eating delicious food there, of course shopping, too. I'd really like to visit Taiwan again in the near future!
If you want to go abroad, please try to visit Taiwan! Taiwan is such a great country. I love the people there, the food, the city view and shopping! I am so excited to let you discover something in Taiwan that you've never seen or experienced, and which will be beyond your expectations!!! I hope you'll visit Taiwan and enjoy your trip there!
"WISH TO SEE YOU IN TAIWAN!"

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