Some of Taiwan's most beautiful scenery can be seen from...inside trains. Starting last month, a Japanese TV crew has been traveling around Taiwan, filming trains, train stations and the culture around railways for a special program for Asahi TV. Michella Jade Weng caught up with them in Chishang (池上), Taitung, where they said that lunch boxes there are especially interesting. Let's find out why

Underneath blue skies and beautiful sunshine, through flower fields, and puffs of clouds in the mountains, traveling by train can be especially pleasant here in Taiwan. And the food is pretty good too.

These guys are from Asahi TV in Japan, they're filming for a series of shows on railway travels of the world.

Michella Jade Weng
stand-up

Tomohiko Tsuji
Cameraman
I heard that Taiwan's only the size of Kyushu, but there are so many different kinds of trains here and so many different kinds of scenery.

Most of the railroads in Taiwan were constructed by the Japanese. Even though the stations may look similar to those in Japan, but the culture around them is quite different. Take, for example, how these lunch boxes are sold.

Tomohiko Tsuji
Cameraman
It's really unique. I was very surprised, but it's quite fun. In the minute that the train stops to pick up passengers, people hop off to buy their lunch boxes from these ladies. It's really lively. We don't have this kind of thing in Japan.

Having seen most of the railroads in the world, they still find Taiwan's charming in its own way.

Michella Jade Weng, Formosa TV, Taitung.