Japan Most Popular Among Google Street View Users in Taiwan

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Lo Hsiu-wen and YF Low, Japan Most Popular Among Street View Users in Taiwan. Central News Agency, Apr 10, 2015.
focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201504100009.aspx

Note:
(a) There is no Chinese translation.
(b) Japanese English dictionary
* saki 先(P); 前 【さき】 (n): "previous, former"

(c) "Hirosaki Park in Aomori prefecture 青森県"
(i) Hirosaki Castle  弘前城
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirosaki_Castle
(constructed in 1611; "Ō-URA Tamenobu 大浦 為信 took the family name of Tsugaru 津軽 * * * At the Battle of Sekigahara 関ヶ原の戦い [Oct 21, 1600, at present-day 岐阜県不破郡 関ケ原町 (near 名古屋市), where ケ is meaningless], he sided with TOKUGAWA Ieyasu 徳川 家康 [against his old master Toyotomi clan] and was subsequently confirmed as lord of Hirosaki Domain 弘前藩 with revenues increased to 47,000 koku [Chinese pronunciation for 石])

is in present-day 弘前市.
(ii) 弘前公園 総合情報
www.hirosakipark.jp
(弘前 さくら[桜] まつり[祭]: Apr 23, 2015-May 6, 2015)

* The park surrounds the castle, as a map in this Web page shows.
(iii) Tsugaru Strait  津軽海峡
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsugaru_Strait
(named after [Tsugaru Region]; at its narrowest point 12.1 miles (19.5 km) [with Tsugaru Peninsula on its south])

Quote: "Japan's territorial waters extend to three nautical miles (5.6 km) into the strait instead of the usual twelve, reportedly to allow nuclear-armed United States Navy warships and submarines to transit the strait without violating Japan's prohibition against nuclear weapons in its territory.

* The middle of Tsugaru Strait is international waters (because Japan wants it that way), yet “Japan’s EEZ.”  ja.wikipedia.org
(iv) Tsugaru Strait is named after Tsugaru Region 津軽地方, including the Peninsula. However, which came first?  The Tsugaru Region or the Tsugaru clan?

Tsugaru clan  津軽氏
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsugaru_clan
("In 1590, Tamenobu pledged fealty to TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi 豊臣 秀吉 [1537 – 1598]; Hideyoshi confirmed Tamenobu in his holdings. As the Ō-ura 大浦 fief had been in the Tsugaru region on the northern tip of Honshū, the family then changed its name to Tsugaru")

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(d) “Kitakami Tenshochi Park in Iwate prefecture”
(i) Kitakami, Iwate  岩手県 北上市
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitakami,_Iwate
(The city is famous for the sakura that bloom in Tenshochi Park, which is regarded as one of the hundred best places in Japan to view cherry blossoms 日本さくら名所100選 [the name and selection were given in 1990 to promote tourism])
(ii) 青森県’s southeastern neighbor is 岩手県.
(iii) Tenshochi Park does not have an page in English Wikipedia. Yet 北上市立公園展勝地
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/北上市立公園展勝地

* Tenshōchi  展勝地

(e) “the Panorama Road in Furano and Biei regions in Hokkaido”
(i) Neither is for cherry flowers.
(ii) Furano, Hokkaido  富良野市
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furano,_Hokkaido

is south to the Biei (see next; compare the two maps), close but the two do not share border.
(iii) Biei, Hokkaido  上川地方 石狩国上川郡 美瑛町
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biei,_Hokkaido
(Biei is famous for its views of wide fields and hills)
(iv) Biei. Japan-Guide.com, undated
www.japan-guide.com/e/e6828.html
("Named after the appearance of its fields seen from above, the Patchwork Road (パッチワークの路, Patchwork no Michi) is the scenic area northwest of Biei's town center. * * * Like the Patchwork Road, the Panorama Road (パノラマロード[katakana; pronunciation: panorama rodo]) is an area rather than a single road. It offers much of the same rural and scenic beauty as the Patchwork Road")

* Central News Agency (CNA) makes a blunder: Panorama Road is NOT in Furano, but in Biei.

(f) “In Taiwan, Jiu Fen Old Street 九份老街 in New Taipei City is the most-searched location among foreign Street View users. Also on the top 10 list is Anping 安平 Old Street in Tainan City and Lugang 鹿港 Old Street in Changhua County. * * * Yehliu Geopark 野柳地質公園.”