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A stinky tofu restaurant from Hualien, famous for its extra-flavorful tofu, has opened a new location in New Taipei’s Bitan Scenic Area. But already, on its second day of opening, local authorities have stepped in. Not for the horrible stench, but for the shop’s failure to put up signage for its waste storage area. Even though the smell has not gotten the shop into trouble yet, as it has for other locations, locals say the odor is still not completely inescapable.

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The Taiwan International Balloon Festival kicked off last Saturday in Taitung. The star of the event this year is Chiikawa, the titular protagonist of an anime series. A visitor to the festival was amused by the scene at the end of the day when the Chiikawa balloon was being put away.

This sight may be hard to believe at first, but it’s all been caught on candid camera. Over in Taichung’s Daya District, it seems as if a man running along National Freeway No. 1 has turned the highway into his own marathon training course. Highway police looked into the incident; there were no accidents at that time, so the man couldn’t have been on a quest to get help.

The animated film “Castle in the Sky” is a beloved Studio Ghibli classic that many reminisce over, but New Taipei’s Xinzhuang District over the years has become home to something local residents would rather forget: a trash heap in the sky. An elderly man claims the almighty above told him to start collecting all these old goods on his roof several stories up in order to research nuclear energy, but local residents have their own concerns, like bad odors, cockroaches, mice, and, most dangerous of all, falling trash.

Monday may have been the 36th Convocation of Academicians, but for former Vice President Chen Chien-jen it’s a very special occasion, as the event is Chen’s first since he took over as President of Academia Sinica in June. During their speeches, President Lai Ching-te thanked Chen for his contributions to Taiwan and Chen expressed his gratitude to the institution’s past presidents and its many academicians.

Chinese-born Japanese-Taiwanese media personality Yaita Akio was physically assaulted in Taichung by a man in black on Monday afternoon. At the time of the attack, Yaita had just finished giving a lecture for a foundation that promotes public policy and Taiwan-Japan relations. He was punched in the face and left bleeding.

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There was no good reason for him to be there…

An outrageously dangerous scene on National freeway No. 1, of a man spotted jogging along the road shoulder in Taichung's Daya District. The highway police later found that there wasn't an accident on the highway, so there was no reason for him to be on foot.