The installation joins other large-scale inflatables already positioned in waters near the Kaohsiung Music Center (高雄流行音樂中心), including a 15-meter Ultraman Tiga and a full-size classic Ultraman figure. The newly unveiled version, a smaller “Q-style” character, was revealed in the Third Ship Channel (第三船渠) and drew strong reactions from visitors watching from the waterfront.

Beyond long-established destinations such as Cijin (旗津), Cishan Old Street (旗山老街), Sizihwan (西子灣), and the Pier-2 Art Center (駁二藝術特區), several newer attractions — including Guoling Park (果嶺公園) and the newly opened Senye Wildlife School (森野動物學校) in Neimen (內門區) — will welcome holiday crowds for the first time.

By KHT Staff The Taiwan Lantern Festival will take place in Chiayi County this March, with major exhibition areas centered around the…

The centerpiece of the 2026 program is a major autumn retrospective of British conceptual art pioneer Michael Craig-Martin, marking his first large-scale solo exhibition in Asia.

“MUN isn’t about perfection or competition; it’s about learning, sharing perspectives, and finding confidence in expressing your ideas,” added Deputy Secretary-General Daniel Chen (Grade 11).

“About That March: Things I Remember,” an exhibition at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, frames the gallery as a writer’s study, using art and literature to revisit March 1947.

The festival will run for 25 days through the Lantern Festival. A total of 10 art light installations and 10 “lightscape” zones will stretch across a 1.5-kilometer route centered on Dadong Wetland Park, often described as a “Kaohsiung version of the Forgotten Forest.”

The agreement represents Rolex’s first partnership with a performing arts center in Taiwan and places Weiwuying alongside a small group of international cultural institutions that maintain formal relationships with the company.

The new park covers approximately 2.9 hectares and is designed to protect and explain the long-observed “fire” phenomenon, in which combustible gas escapes through fissures in the earth and ignites at the surface.

Hsu has built a growing international reputation through cross-cultural jazz projects, composition, and performance, frequently collaborating with musicians across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. His invitation to the Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza places Taiwan on a stage traditionally dominated by North American, Caribbean, and Latin American jazz figures.