The green carpet is limited to spring. Xiao Kinmen (Lieyu / 烈嶼). Green stone tanks in Qingqi, Taiwan

04/12/2025

Location and basic information on Lieyu

Lieyu is connected to Kinmen Island by a bridge (Kinmen Bridge).

It is the longest bridge in Taiwan.

Note that the bridge is closed to traffic during high winds.

You can also go to Lieyu by boat from the following port on Kinmen Island. A Chinese person told me that I could also go to China from this port. I didn’t go to China because I didn’t have any preparations necessary to enter China, and I had already prepared a plane ticket back to Japan.

I had time to go because I am a Singaporean NEET, but I could not even make plans to go to China because I had not decided when I would go to Kinmen Island when I entered Taiwan in the first place. I couldn’t do that in Taiwan where my departure date is strictly checked at Haneda Airport and immigration.

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Access and basic information about

・Xiao Kinmen (烈嶼)
・Affiliation: 金門島(Kinmen Island) Area
・Manned remote island
・Day trip is possible

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Xiao Kinmen (now called Suicide Island) looking toward China

A manned outlying island connected to Kinmen Island by a land bridge. It is only accessible by air from the main island of Taiwan. There are no boats. Before the land bridge was opened, it was a manned island accessible by boat from Kinmen Island.

I prefer to call the island by its official name. The official name of this island is “Suyeong-islet”. The reason why it is called “islet” instead of “island” is because it is used in Taiwan to distinguish islands according to their size. Smaller islands are called “islets.

I don’t want to call it “small Kinmen” like the hanging Kinmen Island. I don’t use such a name in my manga, Maharaji. If the official name of the island was “Little Treasure Island” or “Little Yo-jima” in Japan, I would use it because it is the official name. Why is Islets of Ryeongsan treated as the second name?

Photo of the settlement and scenery of Lieyu

There are several settlements. Qingqi has a nice atmosphere, but even though there is a sign saying it is open for business, the door is closed and there is no one inside. Another café (under the jurisdiction of the government) was open, but the door was broken and would not open. The woman who came out from inside yelled at me afterwards, and I have no good memories of anyone except the tourist information center. I don’t have any good memories of people other than the tourist information center, but the atmosphere of the village was very nice in the Islet of Rivers.

青岐

Inside a temple in the area, 100 cartoons adorn the walls.

There are many reservoirs. This is the only island in Taiwan where I saw people using tricycles. Most people use scooters.

Is it a general house or otherwise? There were houses like this all over the place. If it was a store, it would have a sign, but this house did not.

A rest stop by the reservoir. It was a nice shade from the strong sun, and the cool breeze was pleasant.

Lieyu Attractions 1: Qingqi Wharf(青岐碼頭)

There is a natural tourist attraction that can be seen only in April and May. I went in mid-March and was able to see one. The key is to go at low tide. The day I went, the low tide was around 10:30. The next day, it was around 13:00. There is a time difference in a day.

Lieyu Attractions ２：Gui Shan ( Gui Shan ):龜山(貴山)

It’s a pretty nice place that I kind of went to. You can take a side street.

Seaweed has decreased quite drastically in Japan. We could see a lot of seaweed here.

The island is located between China and Taiwan, but it is off-limits to us Japanese tourists.

Lieyu Attractions３：雙口海邊

This is a famous place, but there were many similar places in Suyeong Islet, if not here. The above two are the most famous ones.

In my opinion, it would have been better to go to other similar places instead of this one.

I was glad I didn’t go to this place, because there were heart-marked objects here, which ruined the atmosphere. I am glad I did not go there. I don’t like heart-shaped objects and love bells in many places in Japan as well. I dislike them a lot. I hate them because they are physiologically impossible for me. They are objects that have nothing to do with the place. I don’t need such things. What is your business?

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