Kaohsiung Travel website Kaohsiung is located by the southern bay of Taiwan and neighbors Tainan and Pingtung It is Taiwan’s second largest city, and is only 1 5 hours from Taipei by High Speed Rail Kaohsiung has the most beautiful harbor view, and is full of surprises with its city charm and ecological culture Kaohsiung has an abundant of natural and cultural resources, farms, forests, mountains and hot springs