A villa turned school, and Taiwan's only campus hot spring.
Hushan Elementary was founded in 1943, its campus site reportedly a Japanese businessman's private villa before it was requisitioned by the government after Taiwan's retrocession. The school is the only one in Taiwan with an on-campus hot-spring foot-soaking pool, built in 2001 and open to the public on weekends and school holidays. Its natural playground also features a treehouse, a sand pit, and a terrazzo (磨石子) slide.
湖山國小創校於民國32年(1943年),校地相傳原為一名日本商人的私人別墅,戰後由政府接收改設學校。學校是全台灣唯一擁有校內溫泉泡腳池的學校,設立於民國90年(2001年),週末及學校假日開放民眾使用。校內自然遊戲區還設有樹屋、沙坑及磨石子溜滑梯。
What makes this school worth knowing.
♨️ Taiwan's Only Campus Hot Spring
全台唯一校內溫泉
Built in 2001, the school's hot-spring foot-soaking pool is the only one of its kind on any campus in Taiwan, and it opens to the public on weekends and school holidays.
🏠 A Requisitioned Villa
日商別墅舊址
The campus site was reportedly once a Japanese businessman's private villa, requisitioned by the government after Taiwan's retrocession and turned into a school.
🌳 A Natural Playground
自然遊戲區
Alongside the hot-spring pool, the campus features a treehouse, sand pit, and terrazzo (磨石子) slide — a distinctive, nature-forward play environment.
The hot springs flow onto campus.
Hushan Elementary sits in a basin at the foot of Shamao Mountain (紗帽山) inside Yangmingshan National Park. Unlike most schools that simply sit near Beitou's hot-spring district, Hushan channels the district's geothermal springs directly into student life through its own on-campus foot-soaking pool, open to the public on weekends. See the Taipei county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 11, Hudi Rd., Beitou District, Taipei City 112, Taiwan
臺北市北投區湖底路11號
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