Yilan, Taiwan
Yangming Old Tree Plaza Cats
A quiet plaza in Yilan where Hide met cats around old trees while walking.
Before you go
- Street cats may appear here, but they are not always present.
About Yangming Old Tree Plaza Cats
Yangming Old Tree Plaza is a quiet pedestrian space beside the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital Xinmin Branch, where a group of old trees has been preserved as a cultural landscape. Near the end of a day spent walking around Yilan with MeowSnap, I found a cat in a small alley and then another sleeping peacefully on a stone monument inside the plaza.
How to get to Yangming Old Tree Plaza Cats
From Yilan Station, walk north along Yixing Road Section 1, then turn toward Shenghou Street. Continue toward the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital Xinmin Branch. Yangming Old Tree Plaza is along Jixiang Road beside the hospital, about a 10–15 minute walk from the station.
This is a quiet pedestrian area near a hospital and residential neighborhood. Street cats may appear around the old trees, but they are not always present.
- Exit Yilan Station and walk north along Yixing Road Section 1.
- Turn toward Shenghou Street and continue toward the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital Xinmin Branch.
- Look for the pedestrian-friendly old-tree area along Jixiang Road beside the hospital. The walk takes about 10–15 minutes.
Visited May 2026
After walking around Yilan with MeowSnap and finding almost no cats, I came across this quiet plaza near the end of the day and finally met a few. Worth the search — and worth visiting gently.
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