Day 3:Taking a high-speed rail train trip to Kaohsiung/3日目：高速鉄道で高雄へ

This day I took a Taiwan Shinkansen or bullet train from the nearest station, Taoyuan to Zuoying in Kaohsiung which is the second largest city in Taiwan.
この日は最寄り駅である桃園駅から台湾高速鉄道に乗って、台湾第二の都市である高雄の左営（ぞうえい）駅へ向かいました。

I already bought an economy class ticket at Taipei Station and asked to book a free bus service to high-speed Taoyuan Station yesterday, so I'm just going to the station.
チケットは前日台北駅で普通席を購入してフロントで高鉄桃園駅行き無料シャトルバスを予約したので後は駅に向かうだけ。

After check-out, It was heading to Taoyuan Station by bus at 9:30 am. The bus took me there about 20 minutes. My train will leave at 10:21 am, therefore I have to wait for a while in the platform.
チェックアウト後朝9時30分発のバスで桃園駅へ向かい、20分ほどで到着。予約していた列車は10時21分発なのでホームでしばらく待っていました。

The train came here on time.
列車は定刻通りに来ました。

Economy class. There was a quite few passengers on board because of a weekday.
普通席。平日だったせいか乗客はまばらでした。

While looking at the various countryside landscapes of Taiwan, the train arrived at Zuoying at noon.
 変化に富んだ台湾の田舎の風景を見ながら列車は正午に左営駅へ到着。

I saw a huge welcome signboard at the station, located above the 2nd elevator on the way to platform. It was immediately caught my attention. It's flashy and colorful ads that has been drawn on typical traditional cultures of Japan, Sumo and a couple of middle-aged man and women wearing a kimono because the main sponsorship of this billboard is Daikin, a Japanese multinational air conditioner manufacturing company.
着いてすぐに目に留まったのが駅構内のホームへ向かう第2エレベーターの上にあるようこそ高雄への看板。ダイキンがスポンサーなのでわが国の代表的な伝統文化である相撲と着物を着た中年男女カップルが描かれています。

I bought a business class return ticket to Taipei at the window, then took a taxi to hotel.
切符売り場にて帰りの台北までのビジネス席を買ってからタクシーでホテルへ。