見事な茶畑が斜面に広がる。隣のお店（兼作業場）に入って色々眺めていると，「お茶でもいかが？」と誘われた。みると7，8人の地元？の人が井戸端会議をしている。最初はアメリカ人と思われていたらしいが，思わず日本語が出て日本人だとわかると日本語での会話になり....（なお，台湾在住中，自分があまり日本語で話しかけられなかったのは，無国籍風味の風貌のせいだと思っているが）＠18号線 Stunning tea garden spread on the slope...When I entered the neighboring shop (also work shop, that was) and looked around, I was invited "How about a cup of tea?" 7 or 8 people, local natives? were gathered and talking. Although I was recognized as an American at first, but I used a little bit Japanese, then "Wow, are you Japanese?" and the conversation began in Japanese, then... (Also, while traveling in Taiwan, the reason that I was not talked so much in Japanese, was my appearance is a kind of "statelessness". @Route18