Tawan

Tawan (or Tabera) in Datong Township of Yilan County, is located in the Beixi River Basin of Danan'ao. In the early days of the Japanese occupation in 1903, Yilan Police Officer, Honda Masaki, led a team into the mountainous area to investigate the area. Below the confluence of Nan'ao Creek, there were two roads. One was to climb the Yaplasai Mountain to reach Liuxingshe, and the other was to cross the west side of the Yaplasai Mountain to reach Taberashe. After the investigation was completed, a report was submitted. This document pointed out that at the time there were 15 communes in Nan’ao, and the path to those communes in Nan’ao was more difficult than the road into the mountains in Danan’ao.