Where high schoolers head after class, next to Taichung Park
The closest neighborhoods in the same city.
Around 5 pm, Yizhong Street starts filling up with high schoolers just out of class, rushing to cram school, which is why the street food here is all about being cheap and generous in portion. On weekends, the crowd shifts to out-of-town shoppers, so the street is busy morning and night. In 2024, among Taichung's 28 major tourist attractions, the Yizhong Shopping District ranked first in visitor numbers, with about 9.17 million visits. Shops here also like to cluster together: Yucai Street has a dozen or so eyeglass stores, Taiping Road is lined with sporting goods shops, Sanmin Road is full of hair salons, and just beyond that is Bridal Street. Once you're tired of shopping, Taichung Park is just a short walk south.
Walking from the park all the way to Yizhong Street is easy—this neighborhood ranks 4th out of Taichung's 47 neighborhoods for sidewalks, so the walking route flows smoothly. There's a lake in the park, and the Lake Heart Pavilion on it was built in 1908 for the opening ceremony of the Trunk Line Railway; it's now a city-designated historic site, and its shape is even used in the city government's emblem. For everyday shopping, this neighborhood ranks 6th out of Taichung's 47 neighborhoods, and you'll find Chungyo Department Store right on Section 3 of Sanmin Road.
Yizhong Street gets crowded at night and on weekends, so if you live right in the middle of the shopping district, you'll need to get used to things being lively downstairs all the time. There's no MRT station within the neighborhood—the nearest rail station is Taichung Station, about 600 meters outside the neighborhood, and this neighborhood ranks 26th for public transit. That said, Sanmin Road is one of the city's roads with the most bus routes, so you've got plenty of bus options.
Taichung Park was established in 1903, making it Taichung's oldest park, and the Wangyue Pavilion in the park was originally the gate tower of the provincial capital's Great North Gate, and it was moved into the park that same year. Taichung First Senior High School opened in 1915, funded and built on land donated by central Taiwan gentry including Lin Xiantang; it was the first secondary school funded by Taiwanese people specifically for Taiwanese youth. In the 1980s, the Shuili Building and Lailai Department Store were built one after another, and cram schools followed, gathering in the area—this is how Yizhong Street gradually grew into today's Yizhong Shopping District.
Compared with the 47 Taichung neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
NHI-contracted hospitals, public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area (estimated from the Taichung City Education Bureau's catchment tables for the 2023 (elementary) and 2022 (junior high) school years, the latest the city has published as open data, treating every neighborhood in a village as equal in size), high schools and universities inside or within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more (OpenStreetMap), and large shopping malls and department stores (OpenStreetMap).
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