Terminal 2 at Taoyuan does the thing airports are supposed to do and mostly don't: it gets out of your way, with thorough English signage and immigration queues that actually move. Twenty-five-odd airlines fly in from Tokyo, Seoul and Hong Kong at fares under 130 dollars, so the connections are less a gamble than a given. BNPL coverage from Atome to JKOPay means you can spread the cost without much fuss, and once you land, that 54.7 cost-of-living index does the rest. Just don't show up expecting a beach; Taipei's argument is xiaolongbao and Yangmingshan, not sand.
