Japanese students capture hearts with Jiufen miniature

Japanese students capture hearts with Jiufen miniature

2024-12-29

A model train exhibition for high schoolers in Taiwan and Japan is on display in Changhua’s Shetou Township. One model that’s been getting a lot of attention was created by a group of Japanese students. Titled “I Want to Go to Taiwan,” the scene depicts Jiufen Old Street along with the Pingxi sky lanterns.

A train passes over the tracks, chugging past scenery along the way.

An exhibition of model trains made by high schoolers in Taiwan and Japan recently opened in Taiwan, to the delight of model train enthusiasts. Every scene was crafted with immense skill.

Huang Chung-ping
Chutang Junior High principal
Aside from consulting photographs, they’ll also make the structural details. Like for the river, they first used aluminum foil and a thin layer of plaster before painting it to make it really look like a river.

Classic-looking buildings are lined up on the embankment, with dim lamplight shining through the mist. This model was meticulously crafted by over a dozen students from Japan’s Shiraume Gakuen Seishu Junior High, but the subject is Taiwan’s Jiufen.

Huang Chung-ping
Chutang Junior High principal
They combined Jiufen and Pingxi Old Street together since it also needed to have a model train. There are buildings, even lanterns and a bridge. Because of the pandemic they couldn’t go abroad in 2020, so they chose the theme “I Want to Go to Taiwan.”

The students created the famous lantern-lined steps by the Jiufen teahouse as well as nearby Shifen Station, combined with Pingxi sky lanterns to convey their wishes.

The miniatures at this model train exhibition are all exquisitely crafted. Through a different perspective, visitors can enjoy a brand-new way of seeing Jiufen’s old street.

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"好想來台灣"復刻九份老街日高校生鐵道模型維妙維肖

2024-12-29

台日高校鐵道模型大賽作品，在彰化縣社頭鄉展出，其中一項吸引目光的作品，是來自日本高校女學生之手，名為「好想來台灣」，復刻九份老街、平溪天燈的美麗風景。

鐵道上火車通過，沿線景緻風光，一幕幕吸引目光。

台日高校鐵道模型大賽作品來台灣展出，小小鐵道迷大飽眼福！每一處景色都是巧手巧思製作。

[[竹塘國中校長黃仲平]]
“除了從相片去考證之外，她們也會就細部的結構去做，包含這個河川，她們是先用鋁箔紙，跟薄的石膏先塗上去之後，然後再上色，做出很擬真河川的樣子”

看看山坡上還有古色古香的建築，昏黃的燈光透著一股氤氳，整個模型精細做工，是日本白梅學園清修高校十多名女學生巧手製作，卻有著台灣九份的風情。

[[竹塘國中校長黃仲平]]
“他們把九份跟平溪老街融合在一起製作，因為也有鐵道元素在裡面，房子甚至把天燈吊橋都做出來，那一年(2020年)因為疫情不能出國，所以她們的題目就訂為「好想來台灣”

日本高校生還原九份茶樓階梯天燈吊橋以及附近的十分車站，結合平溪天燈，偷偷寫下心願。

台日高校鐵道模型大賽作品，復刻地維妙維肖，不同的視角，帶領參觀民眾一遊台灣九份老街。

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