[2025 Hualien Attraction] Travel Guide for Huatang Museum (Updated Jul)

The first thing that comes to mind when visiting a sugar factory is probably eating ice cream. Hualien’s Guangfu Sugar Factory is no exception. That's right! When you come to Hualien with a temperature of 30 degrees, you can't miss the sugar factory to have an ice cream and a full meal at the same time. Today, Monster will briefly introduce the environment and food. Generally speaking, the sugar mill we know is a factory and a place to buy things. However, Hualien Sugar Factory is different in that it has a lot of seats and the surrounding shops are quite diverse, including small shops similar to convenience stores and sausage stands. Of course, the ice-selling area also occupies a large part, and there is a large pond in the middle for people to take pictures. It is quite unique. This park is very big. I happened to meet some students who came on a graduation trip that day, but there was still a lot of space and it didn't feel very crowded. The whole square area is full of small shops, and you can see the pool everywhere, which makes it look very spacious. You can also see small boats moving in the pond. Since we came here on a day trip, it happened to be lunch time at the sugar factory. We went to a restaurant in advance, which was the Grandma Canteen, which was a three-minute walk from the sugar factory. Unfortunately, it was closed today!! The Tangjiachun Canteen in the park was our choice this time. This restaurant is more of a dumpling shop. If you come here in the morning, they also provide breakfast. When you come to the sugar factory, you must try the cheapest ice popsicles at $10. They are sweet and thirst-quenching. Highly recommended!! I also ordered a cup of ice cream black tea which I don't recommend. The CP value is not high Store Information: Hualien Tourism Sugar Factory Address: No. 19, Tangchang Street, Guangfu Township, Hualien County #Where to go in summer

In Hualien, if "a piece of ice" represents a certain emotion, then the answer must be the ice from Guangfu Sugar Factory. For locals, this is not a popular check-in spot, but the most authentic taste of childhood, after school, and that summer. But for tourists, Guangfu Sugar Factory is a charming corner that combines history, humanities, eating ice, walking, taking pictures, and being in a daze. 🏭 From a sugar factory to a local cultural base Guangfu Sugar Factory was founded in 1921. It has gone through the Japanese colonial period, the post-war sugar-making boom, and the modern fallow transformation. The park retains a large number of old buildings and factory facilities, allowing you to eat ice while feeling the historical trajectory of the century-old sugar industry. Although sugar is no longer produced today, the factory area has been completely preserved: ✔ Old locomotive and sugar iron tracks ✔ Japanese-style wooden dormitories ✔ Sugar-making machine exhibition hall ✔ Leisurely trails with green shade and old trees Every step is like flipping through an old photo album, especially when the afternoon sun shines obliquely, the pictures are particularly tasteful. 🍦 Popular ice cream｜The most famous ice cream in Hualien! Speaking of Guangfu Sugar Factory, everyone must immediately think of "that ice shop"! There are dozens of popsicle flavors, ranging from traditional milk, peanuts, taro, to innovative matcha, passion fruit, red bean milk, etc., and each one costs less than 30 yuan, which is refreshing and not greasy and full of Taiwanese flavor. There are also traditional flavored stick ice and cup ice cream, recommended: ✔ Classic milk ice (rich milk flavor without being too sweet) ✔ Peanut popsicle (super dense, real ingredients) ✔ Matcha ice cream (refreshing and layered) ✔ Adults enjoy nostalgia and children enjoy eating it happily. It is a must-have summer food for traveling! ⚠️Reminder ✔ There will be queues during the popular holiday hours. It is recommended to avoid the crowds from noon to 2 pm. 📸 Taking photos and checking in is also a surprise ✔ Guangfu Sugar Factory has many photo highlights, not the kind of deliberately designed devices ✔ but the traces left by the years ✅ Old walls entangled by tree roots ✅ The discontinued small locomotive and sugar iron track ✅ The window lattices, wooden doors, and eaves of the Japanese dormitory group ✅ The corner of the trail where light shines in the shade ✔ No excessive filters are needed, just an ice, a bench, you and the light ✔ The picture is already very moving ✔ 👣 Recommended activities in the park: 🔹 Eat ice cream (definitely the highlight) 🔹 Walk along the railway and locomotive, take some nostalgic photos 🔹 Visit the Sugar Industry Exhibition Hall to learn about Taiwan’s sugar-making history 🔹 Walk through the old Japanese-style dormitories and experience a slow-paced life 🔹 Bring your elders or children along to enjoy the double enjoyment of walking + eating ice cream! 📍 Transportation and small notes: 👉🏻Address: No. 19, Sugar Factory Street, Dajin Village, Guangfu Township, Hualien County 👉🏻Driving from the city for about 50 minutes, not far from Liyu Lake and Mataian Wetland 👉🏻Stay time: 1~1.5 hours, can be arranged as "Shoufeng + Guangfu Day Tour" 👉🏻With parking lot, toilet and sales department, the overall traffic flow is friendly Some places are not so gorgeous, but make you want to "come again" as soon as you come Guangfu Sugar Factory is the kind of ice cream that you will miss after eating it once You can't forget the existence of that light after taking a photo once. #5月好去处2025

It is said that the Hualien Sugar Factory has a history of more than 100 years. It used to be one of the most important sugar centers in eastern Taiwan. However, because the international sugar price continued to slump, the Hualien Sugar Factory turned to the leisure and development. Today's Hualien Sightseeing Sugar Factory. and Beijing 798 are also the cultural and art districts rebuilt in the old industrial area. The Hualien Tourist Sugar Factory is obviously quieter and has very delicious ice cream! Hualien has no industry, mostly farming and animal husbandry, and the sugar factory is a rare large factory. However, this sugar factory is now mainly a community of literary and art tourism, retaining the railways, trains, and still-inhabited Japanese-style residential areas - wooden huts and small yards, and small trees with fallen petals. There are also small motorcycles that have passed by occasionally. I really thought that I was walking in the east.