''The Moon Bus'' (), also known as Jimmy's Moon Bus, is an

installation art Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific art, site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior intervent ...

in Xinyi District,

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. It was based on Taiwanese illustrator

Jimmy Liao Jimmy Liao (; pen name: , ; born 15 November 1958) is a Taiwanese illustrator as well as a picture book writer. His Chinese pen name, 幾米, is phonetically derived from his English given name Jimmy. Biography After graduating from Chinese Cultu ...

’s 1999 storybook ''

When the Moon Forgot ''When the Moon Forgot'' (originally published in Taiwan as 月亮忘記了 'The Moon Forgets'' is a children's book originally written in Chinese by Jimmy Liao in 1999. It was later translated into English in 2009 and published by Little, Bro ...

''. From the outside, it looks like a normal bus, but head inside there are characters and scenes from Liao's children's books.Fun Things To Do Around Taipei 101
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* Installation art works Xinyi Special District {{Taiwan-stub