On your left, spot the tall, pale-beige tower with a chunky, crown-like top and neat rows of windows catching the sun against that clean blue sky.
This is the Royal Landmark Tower, known in Chinese as 總太東方帝國... which loosely sounds like it should come with a royal decree and a dragon stamp. It’s actually a residential skyscraper here in Xitun District, finished in 2010, when Taichung was leaning hard into its modern skyline era. At 158 meters, with 38 floors above ground, it climbed into the short list of the city’s tallest places to live... not just to work, shop, or pose for selfies. Because nothing says “cozy home” like being stacked 38 stories into the sky.
Look up at those repeating balconies and window grids... it’s the architecture of everyday life, elevated-literally-into a statement of arrival for this part of Huilai.
