Miyahara－Taichung Tourism

Introduction

Situated nearby Taichung Train Station on the bank of Luchuan, Miyahara is a red-brick architecture built by Miyahara Takeo, a Japanese ophthalmology doctor in 1927. It was the largest ophthalmology clinic in Taichung during the Japanese colonial period. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, Miyahara became Taichung Health Bureau. As time passed by, the suspended Health Bureau slowly decayed and became an unused dangerous building.
Fortunately, Dawn Cake, a pastry company renowned for its pineapple cakes, acquired the building and preserved Miyahara's original red-brick walls and archway. The interior decor was redesigned like Hogwarts in the movie Harry Potter. The water well in the middle of the building is redecorated into a modern-looking fundraising box made of glass.
Visitors to Miyahara are not only recommended to appreciate the details of the historic architecture but also try Dawn Cake’s signature ice cream, bubble tea and pastries wrapped in nostalgic packings!

Traveler rating

8 Terrible
37 Poor
249 Average
658 Very Good
582 Excellent

Trip Type

28 Business
311 Couples
222 Solo travel
409 Family
411 Friends getaway

angelineb98
Trip Type:
Friends getaway
Fancy Place
2018-10
It’s like one of the scenes in Harry Potter. The place looks amazing and the items they sell comes in neat and elegant boxes. I love the pineapple cake and other delicacies. Though it’s a bit pricey...
ChuahSP
Trip Type:
Couples
Expensive souvenirs
2018-10
The ice cream acceptable. The ice cream taste like ice blended ice cream, not typical ice cream. The souvenirs and biscuits are expensive. The packaging of the biscuits are beautiful.
Victor N
Trip Type:
Couples
Great place for awesome desserts
2018-11
They serve really good desserts with wide range of awesome flavours ranging from different chocolate (60%,70%,80%) from different cacao beans to fragrant tea flavours.
shirleyding
Trip Type:
Couples
Great spot for Instagram lover
2018-09
Ice creams selection were wide and chocolatey. Love their bubble teas too. The bubbles are chewy and wide variation of milk teas. Service is good and attentive. The building architecture is...
baosang
Trip Type:
Family
Impressive architecture with many good choices of cake and icecream
2018-10
A wall of old eye hospital was reserved, cover a modern structure inside made this place so impressive. Luxury interior now served as a cake shop on the first floor and restaurant on the second...