In the early 20th century, Ji’an Township on Taiwan’s east coast was the site of an experiment. Taiwan had recently come under Japanese colonial rule and the island’s new rulers wanted to try and transplant a Japanese community here. One of the only remains of this community is a Buddhist temple, the Qingxiuyuan. Now a local cultural property, this temple reminds of a side of Taiwan’s colonial past we don’t often think of- civilians who came to live here. The temple’s Chen Yi-cheng joins us this week for a look at why these people came to Taiwan and what their lives here were like.