Hualien Daily B&B

A soulful place in the neighborhood

Permeated with a strong sense of artistic air, Jieyue Street in Hualien City gathers a mixture of bookstores, cafés, craft shops, and select shops, along with the traditional neighborhoods with scooter and barber shops, all integrating into an exclusive local charm. Among them, Hualien Daily B&B, a vintage gray beige building with a turquoise door, stands in this quiet and lovely block.

Pushing open the door, the ground floor is a lifestyle shop with various goods. Ascending along the retro stairs by the wall, you would be embraced by the simple and warm ambience on the second floor. Slower your steps, listen to the conversation between the sunlight pouring in from the window and the plants indoor, while the old floor tiles also join the talk and tell you about the stories of the old building. If you get lucky, you might be able to join one of the events sporadically held by the B&B from craft and DIY workshops to opportunities to taste the limited edition of takikomi rice meals! The hostess Sumin hopes to build Hualien Daily B&B to be a place full of energy, thus through the events, people have a space to work with their talents or specialties, and the B&B is imbued with refreshing spirit and vitality by connecting more people as well.

Encounter the daily life in the old building

When walking into the rooms, it is like stepping into some fragments of forty-years-ago past relived before your eyes: The single room at the end of the hallway belongs to a youngster, who is enjoying his soaking time in the mosaic-tile bathtub and staring blankly at his toes; his parents sit in the parlor of the family room, paging through some newspaper; in another room, the grandma is sitting on the tatami, chewing freshly wrapped betel nuts. As the B&B is reformed from a big residence of a three-generation family, Sumin hopes to preserve the items that are hard to be reproduced while also add suitable furniture with a good design to make the accommodation experience comfy and homey. Although the time that has gone by can’t be rewound, new stories encountering with the old days can be told in the reborn space.

Travelers can enjoy some food and beverages while browsing books and magazines in the common area on the second floor. On the third and fifth floor, there are also spacious reading spaces with a nice collection of books. You may pick a quiet corner to read the life between the pages, opening a new window to your daily routine and settle the soul. In a blink, the sun is sinking in the west. The time spending on wonderful things seems to flow by faster, but it’s time well spent.

Travel in the life between the mountains and the ocean

Opening the window in the morning, the golden beams of sunlight shine on the vigorous Hualien City. The lively chatting of the local people in the neighborhood flows in through the window, while you are freshening up and putting up an energetic look. Stepping downstairs, the butlers send morning greetings and serve up the delicious breakfast. Potatoes are seasoned with unique spices and pepper salt after being simply roasted, along with boiled fresh vegetables and hand-made bread, the taste of happiness just spreads in your mouth while you savor the meal. Sip the aromatic traditional black tea with a sweet aftertaste, accompanied by the distant mountains and the neighborhood outside the window which blend into a picture in your eyes.

What would Hualien’s daily life remind you of? An ideal life? A novel that you’ve never finished reading? Or the strange but familiar self? No matter what may be triggered in you, just embrace the goodness and leave the negative emotions in the mountains and the ocean. Embark on the journey and gain deeper faith in yourself as well as in the world that day by day, we are all getting better and better.