Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/06/09
By: Wang Shu-feng and Elaine Hou
Taipei, June 9 (CNA) A Japanese railway fan was honored as “a friend of Taiwan’s
Yoshiyuki Kekke, 64, has visited Taiwan more than 300 times over the past 37 years, spending more than NT$5.5 million (US$182,414) on the trips.
Kekke, who was born in Tokyo in 1953, joined a railway club while at university and researched the development of the railway system in Japan, including the routes and trains. He currently works for a Japanese company that publishes railway publications.
He said he has ridden trains in Australia, as well as other Asian and European countries, but Taiwan is still his favorite travel destination. [FULL STORY]