Hidden in Yilan City, Yilan Monster Village (窯烤山寨村 Wood-Baked Shanzhai Village) is more than a bakery, restaurant, or souvenir shop. It is a whimsical attraction built around an imaginative local legend featuring Chikui (赤魁), a giant who crossed the sea from an island east of Okinawa.

With its Japanese-inspired wooden architecture, giant red lanterns, torii gates, monster-themed decorations, and enormous Chikui figures, the village invites visitors to step into a fantastical story where humans and giants once lived together — until food shortages and natural disasters changed everything.

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