The Nan-ao Station is a railway station of Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) North-Link Line located at Yilan County, Taiwan.
Nan-ao is a rural township in the southern part of Yilan County, Taiwan. It has a significant population of Atayal aborigines. The township was the site of the Sayun incident during Japanese rule, made famous through the movie Sayon's Bell. Nan-ao is in mountainous terrain part of the Central Mountain Range. In the Qing Dynasty, Nan'ao was included in the scope of "Hou Shan". In order to eliminate the foreigners' yearning for the territory, the Qing Government ordered Governor Luo Ta Chun to build the north road to allow the forces of the Qing Government to enter. Nan'ao was put under the jurisdiction of Kavalan Department that was established in the 15th year of the Jia Qing regime (1810). In the first year of the Taisho period (1912), Nan'ao belonged to Yilan Department Nan'ao Branch and was changed to Taipei Prefecture Su'ao Branch in the 9th year of the Taisho period. After the recovery of Taiwan, the region was put under the jurisdiction of Taipei County in 1946 and was officially changed to under the jurisdiction of Yilan County in 1949.
The cache outside the station. you don't need buy any ticket for entering. Only a log-paper in it. Please bring a pen for this cache.