Taichung.

Taichung lies in a basin in central Taiwan, between the western coastal plain and the foothills of the Central Mountain Range. It grew from a cluster of hamlets into the planned capital of Taiwan Province in the late Qing period, then was rebuilt under Japanese rule with straight streets, canals and parks. Today it is the island's second-largest city, with museums, a tree-lined old core and a coast of mudflats and wind turbines half an hour to the west.