A small town consisting of low, wooden buildings built into the mountainside at an altitude of 1,400 meters, Fenqihu (奮起湖) marks the midpoint of the Alishan Forest Railway. Famous for its natural rock formations, mountain streams, forests, and ruins of a Shinto temple, the town is also well-known for its food products such as bamboo shoots, aiyu jelly, and the bento boxes once sold to railway passengers.