On the east bank of the Love River, where banks sit beside the old city council building
The closest neighborhoods in the same city.
To the west of Qianjin is Love River. In the evening, you can stroll along Hedong Road; the Love Boat on the river runs daily from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Love River is only about 12 kilometers long, but it has more than 20 bridges crossing it. Leaving the riverbank and heading east along Zhongzheng 4th Road, you'll first pass the Kaohsiung Labor Museum, themed around labor history, which moved here in 2015. A few blocks further, the building along the road was the Kaohsiung City Council from 1966 to 2011. At the end of the road ahead is Cianjin MRT Station; the area nearby is mostly banks, along with a police station and the Investigation Bureau.
For everyday shopping, Qianjin ranks 4th among Kaohsiung's 13 neighborhoods—you won't need to go far for daily necessities. Judging from street-view photos, the architecture here also ranks 4th. For kids going to school, the neighborhood's main school zone is Qianjin Elementary School, with part of it also falling in the Jianguo Elementary School zone. If you want to visit Central Park or the Urban Spotlight Arcade, head southeast to the neighboring Xinxing & Central Park neighborhood.
Healthcare is a weak point here—medical resources rank 11th among Kaohsiung's 13 neighborhoods, so you'll need to search a bit harder for clinics and pharmacies. About 13% of the land in this neighborhood is taken up by schools and city-level government offices, so a few whole blocks aren't residential at all. One thing to note: the area south of Wufu Road around Hanshin Department Store—covering Rongfu Li, Wenxi Li, and Wendong Li—is not part of this neighborhood.
Settlers didn't start developing the Qianjin area until the Qing dynasty; it was originally divided into two settlements, Qianjin and Houjin, which were later combined and called Qianjin Village. Today's Houjin Li, Beijin Li, and Dongjin Li within this neighborhood still carry traces of this history in their names. In the early Japanese colonial era, Love River was called Takao River, and it was renamed Kaohsiung River in 1920. There are different stories about where the name "Love River" came from; one version says that in 1948, a typhoon damaged a sign for the "Love River Boathouse," leaving only the words "Love River" visible. In the 1960s the river became polluted, and the dragon boat race moved elsewhere in 1971; after successful cleanup efforts, it returned to Love River in 1987. The 2001 Taiwan Lantern Festival was held along Love River, and that year's main lantern, "Ao Yue Long Xiang" (Turtle Leaps, Dragon Soars), still stands by the river today. The City Council moved to Fengshan in 2011; the original building still stands on Zhongzheng 4th Road.
Compared with the 13 Kaohsiung neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
Hospitals with inpatient beds (2020 data), public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area, high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores. Many Tokyo junior high students attend private schools, so junior high catchments are only a guide.
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