Cishan Old Street
旗山老街
A former “Banana Kingdom” old street with intact Baroque facades and stone-arched arcades; banana ice and banana cake are must-tries.
Cishan Old Street lies along Zhongshan Road in Cishan District. It prospered on banana exports during the Japanese occupation period, and the street still preserves many shophouses with Baroque facades and rare stone-arched arcades. Also here are the old Cishan Station (a sugar factory narrow-gauge railway station) and the Cishan Wude Hall. Local treats include banana ice, banana cake, popsicle-style zhizai ice and traditional bowl cake (wan-kuei). Strolling the street is free. Getting there: about 40 km from downtown Kaohsiung. Take an intercity bus from Zuoying High Speed Rail Station or Jianguo bus station, about 1 hour. It is often combined with Meinong and Tianliao Moon World in one day.
Opening hours
All day (shops approx. 09:00–18:00)
Nearby sights
- Meinong Hakka Town
- Tianliao Moon World
- Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
- E-Da World
- Chengcing Lake
- Dragon and Tiger Pagodas
- Old Fongshan City (Zuoying)
- Ruifeng Night Market