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Apr. ~ Jun., 2016 No.3

Delicacy Travel Notes Old Rambles Taipei Visitor Information Centers

Taipei Main Station Add: 3, Beiping W. Rd., Taipei City (southwest area of Main Hall on 1F) Visitor Information Center Tel: (02) 2312-3256

Songshan Airport Add: 340-10, Dunhua N. Rd., Taipei City (Arrival Hall, Terminal 2) Visitor Information Center Tel: (02) 2546-4741

MRT / World Trade Add: B1, 20, Sec. 5, Xinyi Rd., Taipei City (near Exit No. 5) Center Station Visitor Information Center Tel: (02) 2758-6593

MRT Ximen Station Add: B1, 32-1, Baoqing Rd., Taipei City (near Exit No. 5) Visitor Information Center Tel: (02) 2375-3096

MRT Jiantan Station Add: 65, Sec. 5, Zhongshan N. Rd., Taipei City (near Exit No. 1) Visitor Information Center Tel: (02) 2883-0313

MRT Beitou Station Add: 1, Guangming Rd., Taipei City (left side of station entrance) Visitor Information Center Tel: (02) 2894-6923

Miramar Entertainment Add: 20, Jingye 3rd Rd., Taipei City (in rear of fountain plaza, 1F) Park Visitor Center Tel: (02) 8501-2762

Add: 6, Zhongshan Rd., Taipei City (near the Beitou Garden Spa) Plum Garden Visitor Center Tel: (02) 2897-2647 City Memories - Unforgettable Flavors Maokong Gondola Maokong Add: 35, Ln. 38, Sec. 3, Zhinan Rd., Taipei City (near exit of Maokong Station) Station Visitor Center Tel: (02) 2937-8563 In this early summer, "Fun Taipei" is sporting all-new attire with more diversified units and a Add: 44, Sec. 1, Dihua St., Taipei City (inside URS44 Story House) Dadaocheng Visitor Center different layout and style, plus more practical and plentiful travel and living information. We hope Tel: (02) 2559-6802 that local and international travelers find our new content a breath of fresh, invigorating air.

Travel Information Services The food and drink of a place represent the collective memories of local life. Taipei is a city of Taipei Citizen Hotline：1999 (Outside Taipei City, please dial 02-2720-8889) long history and ethnic diversity. This cultural mosaic, built up over so many years, has been Taipei Travel Net：www.travel.taipei, Presents travel information on Taipei City in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, patiently kneaded into the daily diet. In our cover story this issue, "delicacy" is the starting point, and Spanish; provides recorded-audio travel introductions on related sightseeing spots, and a hotel taking readers into the old city areas, brimming with nostalgia. Visit the Chengzhong Market area, information data base. near , and the /Dadaocheng area in Datong . Explore local Travel information / Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communication：0800-011-765，www..net.tw life and memory through the diet of the common people, getting a taste of the character and Toll-free complaint hotline / Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communication: 0800-211-734 elegance of old Taipei by probing its heritage sites, unique lanes and alleys, and markets. Info on legally registered hotels and guesthouses: taiwanstay.net.tw Taipei's beauty has great wings – in no way merely confined to its food and drink. You'll find it

編印 "hidden away" on every street corner. Visit Chifeng Street, where old and new live in dynamic harmony and Taipei's rich cultural-creativity vitality is on show. Hop on a YouBike for a breezy Tel/ 1999 (Outside Taipei City, please dial 02-2720-8889) ext. 7566 Gongguan riverside tour. Or explore the city's Transportation "arterial system," the Design. Printing/ Vision Creative Marketing & Media Co., Yuli Color Reproduction Co., Ltd. network, uncovering the different surprises awaiting at each MRT station. Tel/(02) 2715-1052 Fax/(02) 2715-0924 Email/ [email protected] 2017.8.19 - 2017.8.30 中華郵政台北雜字第 2168 號執照登記為雜誌交寄 Come tour Taipei, where the creativity is boundless. Step out with us now on a leisurely walk, getting to know the metropolis from a "life in the city" angle, experiencing this city's infinite charms up close. Fun Travel Now@ Taipei App Taipei City Government in Taipei iOS Android O cial LINE Commissioner Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government

2 1 FUN TAIPEI Dadaocheng, by the , long thrived as north In Love with Taipei Dadaocheng Taiwan's key river-trading port, becoming the home of many leading Taiwan social figures. Today, the delicious foods Lohas Tour Starts before Cisheng Temple, and the old classic tastes found all from Breakfast round, attract travelers in droves.

Dadaocheng Cisheng Temple – True Local Flavor The street in front of Cisheng Temple, a temple dedicated to , seems filled up with food vendors. Many foodie favorites here are the pork-rib soup, salty-meat congee, soy- braised meats, four spirits soup, "A-zi's Smoked Shark," "Xu's Pork Knuckle Thin Noodles," "Biao's Squid," "A-Fa's Seafood Buddha Jumps Over the Wall," and "A-Wan's Mitten Crab." Food-loving travelers come from far and wide to sample the terrific tastes.

Location: Ln. 49, Bao'an St, Taipei City

Dadaocheng's Environs – Classic Old Flavors Old streets filled with the foods of regular workaday folk best reveal the attitudes and zest for life of a place's Delicacy Travel Notes people. Classic Dadaocheng flavor can be found at Minle Street's "Minle Sailfish Rice Noodles," where thin rice noodles and fresh sailfish chunks are served with delicious soup stock. At Yongchang Street's Yongle Mitaimu, the mitaimu, a thick rice noodle, is served with stock made with red onion and leek, a savory nostalgic combo. At "Yan Family Almond Sweet Soup," on Section 1, , the smooth, refreshing, lightly sweet soup is Old Taipei Rambles topped with condensed milk and syrup. On Ln. 36, Section 2, Yanping N. Road you'll find the crispy, delicious oyster fritters of "Old-Time Flavor Budai Famous Foods," flour used for the fried exterior, oysters and leek the innards stars. On Ln. 233, Nanjing W. Road is " Bowl Cake," serving authentic Tainan-style rice-pudding cakes, and a "Golden Celestial Fish Ball" shop, Delicacy is always key to good travels. In "gastronomic capital" Taipei, selling savory shrimp rolls and rice with mackerel chunks. indulging your palate not only guarantees smiles and wonderful Old-Time Flavor Budai Famous Foods Golden Celestial Fish Ball experiences, but is perhaps the best of all ways to get intimate Location: Ln. 36, Sec. 2, Yanping N. Rd. Add: 19, Ln. 233, Nanjing W. Rd. with local culture. Let's head out together for "Fun Taipei" mini- tour rambles around three areas percolating with nostalgic aroma – Dadaocheng, Chengzhong District (the old city-center district), and Yan Family Almond Sweet Soup Dalongdong – putting together the day's breakfast, brunch, lunch, Add: 21, Sec. 1, Dihua St. and dinner as desired, tasting this city's old-time flavors and letting food memories take us into old street scenes. Yongle Mitaimu Minle Sailfish Rice Noodles Add: 7, Yongchang St. 2 Add: 3, Minle St. 3 MRT: Take the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line (Line 4) to Daqiaotou Station. Take Exit 1 and follow Minquan W. Rd. to Sec. 2 of Nearby Places of Interest MAP Yanping N. Rd. Follow the signs to places of interest.

’ 01 Ln., 49, Bao an St. Taipei Xia Hai Temple MOGU Liangzhou St. In the spirit of "making everything from A-Fa’s Seafood The main deity here is the City God, with secondary deities including the scratch," designs unique-style canvas A-Wan’s Mitten Crab City God's Wife, Old Man Under the Moon, and Generals Fan and Hsieh. The bags, natural-dye clothing, paper-crafted Four Spirits Soup, Meat Buns temple has acquired fame for helping worshipers find true love. It's said that products, and other daily-use goods. Biao’s Squid in 1971 a woman donated the Old Man statue after the City God's help finding Yeh Family Add: 187, Sec. 1, Dihua St., Taipei City Meat Congee her children's fated mates, the news spread, and single males Cisheng Temple Tel: (02) 2557-0155 (Closed on the last and females have been coming since – even from overseas. Xu’s Pork Knuckle Wednesday each month) Thin Noodles From 5/21 - 7/3 the Taipei Xia Hai City God Cultural Festival takes place around the temple. Ln. 25, St. Original Juice Pork Rib Soup Add: 61, Sec. 1, Dihua St., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2558-0346 MRT Daqiaotou Station MRT Minquan 02 Sec. 1, Huanhe N. Rd. W. Rd. Station Dihua Street Commercial District Minquan W. Rd. Yongle Taiping In the 19th century, this was a key trading/distribution

Sec. 1, Dihua St. Elementary Elementary center for regional specialty goods, tea, Chinese medicines, School School Sec. 2, Chongqing N. Rd. and textiles. Through the decades its essence has remained Sec. 2, Yanping N. Rd. Liangzhou St. intact, seen in the vintage townhouse architecture and Simple Pleasure Focused on the simple pleasures of shop-lined streets selling medicines, dried goods, etc. Tamsui River good living, recapturing the warm ’ Location: Sec. 1, Dihua St., Taipei City Cisheng Bao an St. feelings of things made by hand, Temple through the irresistable design of 03 Guisui St. elegant, refined clothing, scarves, Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theatre Museum handmade soaps, etc. Formerly the Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum, on the first floor URS 127 Art Factory Add: 184, Sec. 1, Dihua St., Taipei City Minsheng W. Rd. is the Puppet Workshop. On the second, third, and fourth floors are Tel: (02) 2552-8611 (Closed on Sunday) display spaces dedicated to Chinese shadow puppets, marionettes, Chaoyang Tea Park traditional glove puppets, Golden Ray puppets, etc., plus the Nadou Taipei Xia Hai City Theatre. There's also an irregular schedule of puppet exhibitions and God Temple puppet-operation classes. Visit the website to learn more.

Add: 79-1, Xining N. Rd., Taipei City Nanjing W. Rd. Tel: (02) 2556-8909 (Closed on Monday and national holidays) Website: www.taipeipuppet.com Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theatre Museum Hakka-blue Wang Tea 04 Ln. 72 URS127 Art Factory Yongle Mitaimu Owned by a family engaged in tea production Taipei Xia Hai City Yongchang St. over a century, here you'll find Taiwan's best- Located in a heritage red-brick mansion, this art space fosters the God Temple Ln. 60 interaction between traditional Dadaocheng industries and international Yan Family Almond Sec. 1, Dihua St. Old-Time Flavor preserved old tea factory, with tours and Sweet Soup Budai Famous Foods Minle St. tastings offered. Enjoy traditional nanguan interchange. The first-floor front room has books and magazines about Dadaocheng Visitor Yongle Ln. 36 music performances Saturday 2~5pm art and design. Pass by the open-sky inner courtyard to enjoy the old Fabric InformationXining N. Rd. Center (reservations required). building's lovely architecture. The first-floor rear hall and second floor are Market Ln. 32 Add: 26, Ln. 64, Sec. 2, Chongqing N. Rd., used for cultural-arts exhibits, and there are also DIY workshops. Golden Taipei City Minle Sailfish Celestial Add: 127, Sec. 1, Dihua St., Taipei City Rice Noodles Fish Ball Tel: (02) 2555-9164 (Closed on Sunday) Tel: (02) 2550-6775 ext. 2003 Tainan Bowl Cake 4 5 The area in front of Taipei Main Station was once called City Center Chengzhong District. Long the city's key political and economic center, many works of heritage architecture have been preserved. Walk in the Nearby Places of Interest District district, taste the wonderful food treats down its alleys, enjoy the Lunchtime Tasting aesthetics of yesteryear architecture, and walk away with deeper understanding of Taipei's history. 01 of the Past Taipei Zhongshan Hall Built in 1936, the distinctive exterior is in a Spanish Islamic style. Built as Taipei's public assembly hall, the facility was once a key government venue for receiving foreign dignitaries. Today it is a cultural-arts th performance space, the 4 -floor Le Promenoir Coffee offers fine coffees, cultural-arts exhibitions, and a relaxed, refined ambience.

Add: 98, Yanping S. Rd., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2381-3137 Chengzhong Market Long's Shanghai Restaurant Born in the Japanese era as a commercial street, This long-established restaurant, in business over 60 great tastes await down local alleys. At "Laopai years, offers classic side dishes and, as its signature 02 Beef Noodles Dawang," only the freshest beef is dish, rice with eel and vegetables. The eel is first Futai Street Mansion used, accompanied by delightfully chewy hand- deep-fried and then grilled. The dish is served with This heritage building is one of the few commercial buildings in Taipei rolled noodles. The tender, richly filled wontons at slowly simmered rice and vegetables, a perfect taste left from the Japanese era. The steeply slanted roof, dormer windows, "Little Zhou's Soup Noodles" are acclaimed. Over a combination. Another fine selection is the braised stone arcade pillars, diamondback mosaic created in wood on the portico hundred of -cuisine dishes at "Yang Cheng silver carp roe with scallions, which is crispy and ceiling, and other intricate façade elements are a showcase of the era's Xiao Shi," and old-style delicacies such as thick squid delicious. commercial-store architectural aesthetics. After renovation in 2009 the soup with shacha sauce and beancurd pudding, are edifice became a repository and display space for Taipei old-city history. Add: 1, Ln. 101, Yanping S. Rd., Taipei City foodie favorites. Tel: (02) 2331-5078 (Closed on Sunday) Add: 26, Yanping S. Rd., Taipei City Location: Ln. 46, Sec. 1, Chongqing S. Rd., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2314-8080 (Closed on Sunday) 03 National Taiwan Museum Located in 228 Peace Memorial Park, originally called the Taiwan Governor-General's Office Museum, this is one of the few preserved Japanese-era museum facilities. The hall is done in elegant renaissance style, the façade in Greek-temple style. Other key features include an arc staircase, gable ornamentation, Roman-style dome, and wrap- around stained glass. The irregular schedule of special exhibitions makes this a fine place to get to know Taiwan better.

Taoyuan Street – "Beef Noodles Street" Astoria Café Add: 2, Xiangyang Rd., Taipei City Once Ximending was Taipei's busiest commercial In the past it was a favorite gathering spot for Tel: (02) 2382-2566 (Closed on Monday) district. Nearby Taoyuan Street was choc-a-bloc with government officials, literati, and celebrities, the shops selling beef noodles, qiangguo (lit. "grab pot") décor at this heritage café has a classic European 04 noodles, meat and veggie wontons, steamed buns, look. Former President Chiang Ching-kuo's Russian Beimen Camera Commercial District etc. Beef noodles was undisputed king, leading to wife, Chiang Fang-liang, had a passion for the fresh, Located in the Bo'ai Road area from near Beimen (North Gate) to the the nickname "beef noodles street." The unique old- distinctive taste of Astoria's Russian-style jellied fish. Hankou Street intersection, this district has Taiwan's densest concentration time flavors are today still enjoyed at such familiar Other classic specialties include the rich, savory of photography-equipment outlets. Many of the shops have been in old places as "Old Wang's Beef Noodles," "Zhao Russian borscht, made with beetroot, vegetables, business for decades. Everything's here – traditional to digital cameras, Family Vegetable and Meat Wonton King," "Three and tender beef, as well as Russian soft candy. lenses, peripheral gear ... you name it, you got it in this photography buff Flavors Fragrant Wontons and Steamed Buns," and Add: 2F, 7, Sec. 1, Wuchang St., Taipei City treasure-hunting paradise. "Taoyuan Street Authentic Shandong Beef Noodles." Tel: (02) 2381-5589 Location: Intersection of Bo'ai Rd. and Hankou St. 6 Location: Taoyuan St., Taipei City 7 MRT: Take the Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Line 2) to Taipei Main Station and leave the For dinner come to Dalongdong, where in the past imperial scholars station by Exit Z10 or take the MRT to NTU Hospital Station and leave the station and literati were grown in abundance. The community also abounds MAP by Exit 1 or 4. Then, follow the signs to places of interest. Dalongdong in renowned sellers of traditional snack delicacies, such as "Changji The Perfect Red-Braised Eel Stew"and Jin Chan Fa Beef Restaurant. Among the many options for area tourist-attraction enjoyment, don't miss National Taiwan Museum – Beimen (North Gate) Encounter of Dinner the Baosheng Cultural Festival (April~June), for a great look inside Land Bank Exhibition Hall Originally called "Cheng'en Gate," in earlier times and Heritage Site Originally the Japanese era Nippon this was the key portal for travel between the old traditional temple-culture practices. Kangyo Bank Taipei Branch, this walled city and Dadaocheng. Outer walls covered facility has a hybrid, primarily with red brick, this is a rare surviving example of Western classical, architectural a south -style blockhouse city gate. With style. Inside are permanent the Zhongxiao Bridge approach road now dismantled, unobstructed exhibitions, including "Walking views of the gate can be enjoyed. within Skeletons"and "Story of the Location: Intersection of Zhongxiao W. Rd., Yanping S. Rd., and Land Bank of Taiwan."

Bo'ai Rd., Taipei City Sec. 1, Chongqing S. Rd. S. Chongqing 1, Sec. Add: 25, Xiangyang Rd., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2314-2699 (Closed on Futai Street Monday) Mansion St. Huaining Sec. 1, Zhongxiao W. Rd. Dalong Night Market Changji Red-Braised Eel Stew

Guanqian Rd. Located near the and Located beside Lanzhou Market, for over 50 years, Sec. 1, Kaifeng St. MRT Taipei Baoan Temple, this is an old community-style this eatery deep-fries salt-cured deep-sea eel and Yanping S. Rd. Main Station Beimen Camera Commercial District night market of great traditional color. Among the serves it with Chinese medicinal-herb soup stock. Laopai Beef Noodles Dawang many specialty delicacies there are "Fang's Soy- The eel is crispy outside, tender inside, and the Sec. 1, Hankou St. Stewed Pork with Rice,""Dazhong Seafood Congee," soup's lightly sweet cabbage adds to the mouth- Squid Soup with Shacha-sauce Mutton, Zhong-ge Dessert, "First watering dish. Also popular is the -flour Shacha Sauce Little Zhou Soup Noodles Chengzhong Range Goose,""Big Meat Chunks Thick Soup,"and noodles and fried sea-eel roe. Beancurd Pudding Yang Cheng Xiao Shi Black Tea House. Sec. 1, Wuchang St. Astoria Café Add: 51, Changji St., Taipei City Location: Dalong St., Taipei City (Between Jiuquan St. Tel: (02) 2592-7085 Taipei and Minzu W. Rd.) Zhongshan

ai Rd. Xiangyang Rd. Hall ’ Chengzhong Market

Bo Huang Family

Taoyuan St. Widow's Memorial Gate Long’s Shanghai Restaurant MRT Zhao Family Vegetable and National Taiwan Ximen Meat Wonton King Hengyang Rd. Museum Station Taoyuan Street Beef

Old Wang’s Huaining St. Noodle 228 Peace MRT NTU Beef Noodles Street Memorial Park Hospital Three Flavors Station Baoqing Rd. Fragrant Wontons Changde St. and Steamed Buns Hong Tengyun Memorial

ai Rd. Jin Chun Fa Beef Restaurant Zheng Yi Tang Healthy Food Workshop ’ Sec. 1, Chongqing S. Rd.

Yanping S. Rd. Bo This widely known century-old shop prepares An old Chinese-medicine shop that sells tonic Ketagalan Blvd. Gongyuan Rd. Taipei Guest House a wide range of beef dishes, including clear- foods, the décor here is antique. Medicinal items stock beef noodles, blanched beef soup, and an such as shiquan ("ten complete,"a decoction Presidential Office Building assorted beef platter. The stock is rich and lightly of tonics), siwu ("four ingredients,"another Built in post-Renaissance style, originally named the sweet, the beef aromatic, silky, and tender. It is a decoction), and ginseng are matched with fish, "Taiwan Governor-General's Office,"Sec. 1, Guiyang this structure St. has an imposing and majestic air. On weekends/holidays visitors veritable Dalongdong flavor adventure that you chicken, mushrooms, and other foods to create may enter with ID registration; prior registration is required must not miss. delicious, healthy soup stocks that, served with thin wheat-flour noodles and Chinese toon leaves, for weekday visits. Check the official website for details. Add: 173, Sec. 3, Chengde Rd., Taipei City make heart-warming, nutritious meals. Add: 122, Sec. 1, Chongqing S. Rd., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2591-1878 (Closed on Monday) Tel: (02) 2312-0760 Add: 118, Hami St., Taipei City 8 9 Website: www.president.gov.tw Tel: (02) 2591-9631 (Closed on Sunday) MRT: Take the Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Line 2) to Yuanshan Station. Leave the station by Exit 2 and walk along Kulun St. Follow the Nearby Places of Interest MAP signs to places of interest.

01 44 Shop Houses Dalongdong Baoan Temple A quaint area located along Hami Street, First Range Established in 1742, its main deity is the God of westside of Baoan Temple, these 44 wood Jiuquan St. Goose Kulun St. Medicine, Baosheng Dadi, this temple's founders hailed and ceramic-tile shop houses were built when Jiuquan St. from Tongan in mainland China's Fujian Province." The Dalongdong Commercial Center first developed. Dazhong Location: Hami St., Taipei City hoary temple is a place of art and of religion, providing Sacha- Seafood Congee a library and cultural-arts workshops and fulfilling the sauce Dalong St. Fang’s Soy-Stewed Mutton temple's traditional community cultural center role. Pork with Rice The annual Baosheng Cultural Festival, staged from April to June, is a splendid temple-activity and traditional-culture showcase. Big Meat Chunks Thick Soup Add: 61, Hami St., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2595-1676

02 House of Black Tea Taipei Confucius Temple Hami St. Dalong Minglun Reflecting the architecture of ancient temples, Taipei Confucius Temple honors the Greatest Sage and Dalongdong Baoan Temple Elementary Elementary School Foremost Teacher, Confucius. Inside is a display space on the Six Arts (rites, music, archery, charioteering, Zheng Yi Tang Healthy School

writing, and mathematics). Multimedia facilities are used to Food Sec. 2, Dihua St. Workshop Hami St. Taipei gain visitors' understanding about Confucian culture and the Confucius Temple temple's history. The Confucius Ceremony is held each spring and Yumen St. Taipei Fine Arts Jiuquan St. Kulun St. autumn, a grand expression of Confucian culture aesthetics and of Museum Jiuquan St. Dalongdong's unique cultural customs. MRT Yuanshan

Sec. 3, Chongqing N. Rd. Station Add: 275, Dalong St., Taipei City Dalong Night Market Tel: (02) 2592-3934 (Closed on Monday) Dalong St. Lanzhou Junior EXPO Dome High School Zhongshan 03 Jin Chun Fa Fine Arts Park BeefSec. 3, Chengde Rd. Restaurant MAJI Square Taipei Expo Park Taipei Expo Park encompasses a number of park areas and pavilions. Key facilities include the EXPO Dome, EXPO Hall, and Yuanshan Plaza. Minzu W. Rd. Minzu E. Rd. There's a constant schedule of themed exhibitions and cultural-arts performances. MAJI Square is a distinctive lifestyle market featuring Shuren Academy / Linji Huguo Zen Temple music, art, and other elements. At the colorful, boisterous Farmers' Wenchang Temple A fine example of Japanese Edo period Market, which is held every weekend, visitors can buy fresh produce Changji Red-Braised The main deity here is the Buddhist temple architecture, located brought in direct from selected small farms. On May 14-15, the 2016 Taipei Eel Stew God of Literature, Wenchang outside MRT Yuanshan Station's Exit 2. Changji St. Traditional Market Festival is staged here. Dijun. This key Dalongdong The Grand Sanctuary is indeed grandly heritage site bears witness to Lanzhou Add: 1, Yumen St., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2182-8886 resplendent, well worth a visit. the old community's respect Market Add: 9, Yumen St., Taipei City 04 for learning. Add: 14, Ln. 364, Sec. 2, Dihua St., Taipei City Located in the Fine Arts Park Area of the Taipei Exo Park, this Sec. 3, Zhongyang N. Rd. bright-white complex is shaped like the Chinese character "井". MRT Minquan W. R d. Station Glass walls allow in streaming natural lighting, and the beauty of Minquan W. Rd. light and shadow. An irregular schedule of cultural-arts exhibitions and hands-on interactive experiences is offered.

Add: 181, Sec. 3, Zhongshan N. Rd., Taipei City 10 Tel: (02) 2595-7656 (Closed on Monday) 11 FUN TAIPEI

Lane/Alley Walking Tour Chifeng Street New/Old Life Aesthetics Fusion

Xiaoqi Bomb Metal & Fry Jewelry The founder of Xiaoqi (lit. "little knick-knacks") This shop, focused on contemporary metalsmithing lived in Tokyo 10 years, and upon returning to and design, was founded by two friends who'd been Taipei felt that the range of lifestyle products was classmates six years and colleagues eight, their goal comparatively restricted. The first bricks-and- is to show the beauty and variety of metalworking mortar Xiaoqi outlet was born on Chifeng Street. The through hand-crafted home furnishings, jewelry, and small shop's display-space furnishings are simple; other items, and bring more artistry into people's in addition to Japanese goods, items originated everyday lives. The range of creative materials used in Taiwan are sold. Xiaoqi has now also opened is wide, the team's fondness for experimentation a gallery, eatery, and wine shop, making it the also broad. representative shop of Chifeng Street. Add: 27, Ln. 1, Sec. 2, Chengde Rd., Taipei City Add: 29, Chifeng St., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2552-7039 Tel: (02) 2552-5931 (Closed on Monday)

Chifeng Street is beside MRT Zhongshan Station. In the past this small street was filled with specialists in automotive and shipbreaking parts. Today you will find creative youthful dynamism. Along Chifeng Street and the alleys and lanes PO_I SALA X Man Man Club Bills itself as a hand-crafted couture studio. It also A place of diverse colors and exotic glass windows, shooting off are newfangled sells a limited amount of ready-made clothing. this vintage-clothing shop stands out in its clothing shops, workshops, What's most unusual here is that customers can narrow-lane setting. The merchandise selection is and cafés – and among pick their own fabrics, buttons, and so on, creating multifarious; beyond the vintage men's and women's uniquely personalized custom-tailored attire. DIY clothing specially sourced by the owner from Japan, them, old-style steadfastly classes are also offered; finish your own clothing in South Korea, and Thailand, there are also specially- maintaining yesteryear just a few hours under a master tailor's guidance, made accessories, along with Taiwan jewelry and aesthetics. Come spend time ensuring you'll never encounter a copy – a unique other designer creations. This is a must-visit spot for travel experience! (Reservation for classes required.) lovers of the vintage look. in this chic mixed style urban culture-mix street. Add: 1F, 6, Ln. 49, Chifeng St., Taipei City Add: 21, Ln. 23, Chifeng St., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2555-2081 (Closed on Monday) Tel: (02) 2556-0866 12 13 MRT: Take the Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Line 2) to Shuanglian Station and leave the station by Exit 1 or to Zhongshan Station and leave the station by Exit 5. Then walk along Ln. 25 of Nanjing W. Rd. to reach the lanes and alleys of Chifeng St.

Lovely Taiwan Shop Watt LOOPY All items here are Taiwan-sourced, providing a stable This is the physical store of the original Taiwan Offering bright and lively colors and whimsical sales platform for creators from local communities accessories brand "Revovery." The space is childlike styles, LOOPY! was founded by two and indigenous-tribe villages. The main items a converted garage. Beyond the own-brand friends with a background in art and design. Most MRT Shuanglian Station displayed on the first and second floors are merchandise, a special selection of accessories, of the shops T-shirts, bags, stationery, and daily- accessories, bags, and souvenir items, along with knick-knacks, and items by other Taiwan designers use products are made with materials drawn from teas and foods. On the third floor is a travel-service is also on display. The line is mainly metal jewelry, everyday life. In addition to its original-design items, Minsheng W. Rd. center where visitors can relax, drink tea, and check gender-neutral with street-style elements. Various stationery and accessories from other hand-crafted out the tourist information. brands are carried in the petite space, including brands are also offered. Ln. 77 Classico (hand-crafted eyeglasses) and Metalize Add: 18-2, Ln. 25, Nanjing W. Rd., Taipei City Add: 2F, 2-4, Ln. 41, Chifeng St., Taipei City (American-style retro accessories). Tel: (02) 2558-2616 (Closed on Monday) Tel: 0934-026-955 Ln. 71

Add: 1F, 18-6, Ln. 25, Nanjing W. Rd., Taipei City Chifeng St. Ln. 25, Nanjing W. Rd. Tel: (02) 2555-2232 (Closed on Monday) Rooster Café Ln. 53

Cafés of Character Modern Mode & Modern Mode Café Ln. 49 PO_I

Ln. 47 Watt

Chifeng St. Ln. 41 LOOPY Lovely Taiwan Shop

Ln. 35 HOUR café Xiaoqi Ln. 33 Ln. 23 Modern Mode & Modern Mode Café Rooster Café & vintage HOUR Café Ln. 8 Ln. 17 This café's façade tiling and retro iron-grating Want a hearty Chifeng Street brunch? Here's the This café is a special space for lovers of premium SALA X Man Man Club windows give it a distinct yesteryear-Taiwan flavor. place! Down a quiet Chifeng Street side lane. The coffees and handmade dessert treats. The entire Ln.3 In contrast, on stepping inside the vintage clothing retro ceramic-tile floor, DIY mosaic-decorated bar, façade is made up of retro-style sash windows, Bomb Metal & Fry Jewelry Shin Kong and other decorations deliver you to the Europe of and fixed-up secondhand tables, chairs, and sofas in harmony with the old houses along this Mitsukoshi Nanxi centuries ago. The manager here once resided in give this place a 1950s/1960s ambience. The most neighborhood's lanes and alleys. The interior is Nanjing W. Rd. Branch 3 France; all the coffees thus have French-style taste, popular menu selection is the "Rooster Classic defined by lights seemingly strewn at random and rich and full-bodied. The shop frequently presents Platter." Matcha milk is also a popular beverage. by a white/black/natural-wood theme, creating a MRT Zhongshan Station new cakes and cookies. simple, clean, comfy sense of space. The menu of Add: 20-5, Ln. 25, Nanjing W. Rd., Taipei City coffees, teas and tea drinks, beers, and sweet treats Add: 11, Ln. 49, Chifeng St., Taipei City Tel: 0982-081-464 (Closed on Monday) is extensive. Take note – the brown-sugar latte is the Tel: (02) 2555-1020 (Closed on Monday) most-popular beverage.

14 Add: 10, Ln. 33, Chifeng St., Taipei City 15 Tel: (02) 2550-7770 FUN TAIPEI In this issue 6 stations have been specially selected along the Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Line 2), with MRT – No Better Way to Play introductions of nearby best-known scenic attractions. Among these are such big draws as CKS Memorial Hall and Yongkang Commercial District, family-friendly Daan Forest Park, food-bazaar Linjiang Street Tamsui-Xinyi Line Night Market, shopper-favorite Xinyi Commercial District, and hiker-popular Xiangshan Hiking Trail. MRT Taipei MRT makes visiting all these spots an easy-jump snap. Dongmen Market, Yongkang Daan Forest Park Commercial District This is Taipei's largest urban park. Other Dongmen Market is hidden away in a draws include an outdoor music stage, residential-housing district. There's a great children's play area, and nature pond. selection of delicacies, such as "Mama Daan Park Station's design has led to its Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Luo's Rice Noodle Soup," "Jiang's Dongmen being dubbed "Taipei's most beautiful National Theater & Concert Hall Beancurd Pudding," and "Li Long Bakery's MRT station." Built with glass curtains Opened in 1980, the CKS Memorial Hall complex leek dumplings." The Yongkang Commercial used in abundance, it is flooded with has been an iconic Taipei landmark ever since. District has become a must-visit tourist spot, radiant natural light, complemented Each day changing-guard ceremonies are with the famed Din Tai Fung soup dumplings by unfettered views of the outdoor staged, 9-to-5 on the hour. The National Theater (xiaolongbao) and scores of personality-plus greenery. The two light towers outside and National Concert Hall feature classical cultural-creative boutiques. exits 3 and 4, and the sunken garden, Chinese palace-style architecture. They are add to the station's allure with tourists. Getting there: Dongmen Market – 3 minutes stages for cultural-arts performances. walk from MRT Dongmen Station Exit 2; Getting there: Leave Daan Park Getting there: 3 minutes walk from MRT CKS Yongkang Commercial District – 5 minutes Station by exits 2, 3, 4, or 5. Memorial Hall Station Exit 5. walk from MRT Dongmen Station Exit 5

CKS Memorial Hall Station Dongmen Station Daan Park Station

Xinyi Commercial District Xiangshan Hiking Trail This district has a dense cluster of upscale attractions: Taipei 101, Xinyi VieShow The trailhead for this pathway is within 15-minute walking distance Cinemas, 's Xinyi branch, from Xiangshan Station. The trail's top is then reached with an many department stores, restaurants, and hour's leisurely, relaxing hike. From the top a view of the entire starred hotels, plus the Taipei World Trade can be taken in, soaring Taipei 101 at the sweeping Center. All shopping and dining desires vista's center. This is a favorite spot with photo buffs for cityscape night shots. Linjiang Street Night Market are met in this, Taipei's iconic fashion and entertainment area. Also called Tonghua Night Market, this Getting there: Leave Xiangshan Station by Exit 2, walk past Zhongqiang Park to reach the trailhead at Aly. 342, Ln. 150, market is home to many renowned long- Getting there: Leave Taipei 101/World Trade Taipei 101 Observatory Sec. 5 of Xinyi Rd. (15 Min. walk). in-place eateries, such as "Hu Family Rice Center Station by Exit 4, and follow the signs On Taipei 101's 89th floor, enjoy a Noodle Soup," "Scissors-style Chicken to places of interest. 360-degree panoramic view over Taipei Egg Cake," and "Safflower Salt-Water City. High-powered telescope, souvenir, Chicken." If hankering for sweet things, postcard, and other facilities/services are try the delectable beancurd pudding or also provided. herbal jelly at "Aiyu Dream Travel Herbal Jelly." Getting there: Leave Taipei 101/World Trade Center Station by Exit 4. Getting there: Leave Xinyi Anhe Station by Exit 4 and follow Sec. 4 of Xinyi Rd. to Tonghua St. (5 min. walk). Taipei 101/World Daan Station Xinyi Anhe Station Trade Center Station Xiangshan Station

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Bicycle Wanderings Gongguan Riverside Ramble NTU-Gongguan Commercial District Gongguan is a popular youth-crowd draw. Bike into the Breeze Beyond busy Shuiyuan Market are myriad low- price apparel shops, sporting-goods shops, and food vendors. Famous vendors include ultra- The Taipei Riverside Bikeway System, designed by the city government, takes riders along the popular "Chen San Ding Brown Sugar Bubble city's rivers, showcasing sights of natural beauty and historical importance, providing cycle Milk" and "Blue Family Guabao." Besides, there enthusiasts with a perfect environment for relaxation. The Gongguan area's riverside parks are an is a pronounced air of learning and numerous extra-popular route choice. Ramble through the Taipei Water Park area, National Taiwan University bookstores along the streets and down alleys, campus, or along the dedicated bikeway, sailing the breezes on two wheels. selling titles on multitudinous subjects. The alleys also harbor characteristic cafés; many also serve as retail outlets, workshops, and/ or performance spaces, engendering a unique Taipei City Hakka Cultural Park local café culture. National Taiwan University Campus This attraction has two main buildings, the Location: Around Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 3, The expansive campus of National Taiwan University, Hakka Cultural Center and Hakka Music and Tingzhou Rd., and Sec. 3, Xinsheng S. Taiwan's best university, is renowned for lovely scenery Theater Center. Their exteriors are simple, red Rd., Taipei City and Japanese-era classical-style buildings. Its best- brick matched with white walls, symbolizing the known landscape is Royal Palm Boulevard, connecting Taiwan 's plain-living spirit. Inside the main gate and main library, which passes the the Hakka Cultural Center are permanent and Gallery of University History, College of Liberal Arts, special exhibits on Hakka culture, introducing and Administration Building, all city-designated Hakka architecture and traditional customs. A heritage works. Most of the heritage architecture is small city farm has been recreated in the Rural in elegant Romanesque style, with arcades the most Experience Zone, with representative fruits, prominent feature. The Drunken Moon Pond in the vegetables, and other plant crops grown. After north-campus sector is ranked as one of NTU's twelve taking in the park, bike the Cross-Dike Platform most beautiful scenes. Be sure to walk the pleasant to take in Guting Riverside Park. Museum of Drinking Water pathway here and enjoy the views. Built in 1908 as Taipei's first water intake and Add: 2, Sec. 3, Tingzhou Rd., Taipei City Add: 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2369-1198 pump house during the Japanese era. A symbol of Taipei's modernization, it is now a National Treasure Hill Artivists CO-OP Historical Relic of the Third Grade. Built in In the past, "Treasure Hill" was a settlement of neo-classical Greek-temple style with Roman illegal buildings; more recently, a transformation and Baroque touches, it exudes a European and architectural repair/restoration process has character. Inside are displays of water-pumping taken place, creating an artist village. Some original facilities and an introduction of Taipei's residents remain, and there are now many local drinking-water history. In the surrounding and overseas artists-in-residence. Art exhibits and outdoor area is the water-play area, eco- performances are staged, the old architecture is a landscape trails, and exercise facilities. showcase of old-days community life, and a hilltop Add: 1, Siyuan St., Taipei City YouBike Rental Stations climb reveals splendid Xindian River views. (Note: Tel: (02) 8733-5678 (Closed on Monday) ◎MRT Gongguan Station (Exit 2) – Please take care to avoid intruding into the local Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd./Zhoushan residents' daily activities during visiting.) Rd. (on northeast side) ◎Intersection of Sec. 4, Roosevelt Add: 2, Aly. 14, Ln. 230, Sec. 3, Tingzhou Rd., Taipei City Rd. and Sec. 3, Xinsheng S. Rd. Tel: (02) 2364-5313 ◎Taipei City Hakka Cultural Park – intersection of Shida Rd. and Sec. 3, Tingzhou Rd. Website: taipei.youbike.com.tw/en 18 19 FUN TAIPEI

Good Food, Good Times

Cold Dishes – Refreshing and Tasty

Y.M.T. Home's Thai Cuisine April through June, the weather Serves classic Sichuanese cuisine. A prime example Crafting genuine Thai flavors, the expert use of steadily heats up, and foodies look is bobo chicken, a traditional Chengdu food, many fresh ingredients and spices here provide for special foods to keep cool. In served in an earthen bowl containing briny water multi-textured culinary journeys. Specially this issue "Fun Taipei" presents with vine pepper as the main flavor ingredient, recommended are the delectable cold-and- specially selected eateries unique along with numerous other meat and vegetable dressed dishes, deftly balancing sour/sweet/salty/ in character and dish selection. ingredients on bamboo skewers. This treat is often spicy elements. The classic green papaya salad Try traditional Taiwan-flavor seen being avidly consumed in Chengdu. Taiwan- is refreshing and crispy. The spicy seafood blend cold noodles, creative Taiwan style cold noodles feature sesame paste, but here and spicy shrimp have the perfect fusion of sweet- dishes combining fruits with Sichuanese mala ("numbing spicy") sauce is added and-sour sauce with the seafood's fragrant natural vegetables, as well as Sichuanese, – a mouthwatering taste adventure! tastes and sweetness; little wonder these are among the most popular dishes. Korean, Thai-style, and other Add: 1, Nanjing W. Rd., Taipei City international culinary specialties Tel: (02) 2567-1710 Add: 174, Fuxing N. Rd., Taipei City Tel: (02) 8770-7309 with mouthwatering flavors!

Chen's Noodles in Sauce Orchid Pavilion Cold Noodles Mansui Bukchang-dong Korean Cuisine This eatery is open 24 hours a day, guaranteeing Located under Zhongzheng Bridge and opened This restaurant's head chef was once head chef Close to MRT Nanjing Fuxing or Songjiang Nanjing satisfaction for foodies hit with cold-noodle way back in 1966. The signature dish here is the at a 5-star hotel. The extensive menu features stations, Korean cold noodles are served here, hankerings. Chen's noodles are hand-made, original-flavor cold noodles. Other options include traditional Taiwanese foods and innovative dishes, in dry and soup versions. The noodles are made rapid-cooled with a fan/air-con combo, which fried-bean paste, fruit, and XO (brandy) sauce with fresh Taiwan seasonal fruits used in inspired- with buckwheat and sweet-potato starch. For the keeps them separate, sturdy, and chewy. Its time- variations. The owner, who loves inventing new design delicacies that do not lose the traditional dry noodles, a chili sauce with sugar and vinegar consuming sesame paste production involves over flavors, uses pineapple, cherry, honey peach, spirit of each dish. Two selections combining fruity is mixed in, and garnishes including pear and 10 Chinese herbal-medicine ingredients. The "five etc., adds konjac for extra taste and texture, and sweetness with seafood are the passionfruit/ baby cucumber slices are added texture. The flavors" (sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and spicy) are all adds a special-sauce topping for a refreshing and prawn tart and abalone with kiwi, both light and fragrant spiciness is pleasingly melodious. For present, giving the noodles unusually distinctive delicious treat. The XO sauce brings a lightly spicy without any greasy heaviness. The "Huadiao the refreshing, flavorful soup noodles, licorice flavor. Chen's signature cold-noodles meal is to seafood flavor, savory and appetizing. The owner drunken chicken" is infused with Shaoxing rice and chili-pepper seeds enhance the beef broth, have them with "three flavors in one" miso soup, also specially adds a bit of mustard atop noodles, wine, the heady wine fragrance almost addictive. complementing the beef tendon and boiled egg. with an egg and meatballs added. adding tasty zestiness to the sesame sauce. Add: 1F, 128, Songjiang Rd., Taipei City Add: 169-7, Sec. 2, Chang'an E. Rd., Taipei City Add: 29, Ln. 123, Sec. 5, Nanjing E. Rd., Taipei City Add: 87, Sec. 3, Chongqing S. Rd., Taipei City Tel: (02) 2541-2020 Tel: (02) 2777-2592 (Closed on Monday) Tel: (02) 2766-0171 (Closed on Sunday) Tel: (02) 2365-4221

20 21 FUN TAIPEI LEGO Beimen Best Travel Companions Taipei City Imagery Beimen (North Gate), built during the , was the key gate in the old walled city. It is one of the national historic sites Cultural-Creative Souvenirs and a premier visual icon. This completed small LEGO-brick model can be placed for display inside the acrylic box provided. With Taipei's "City Imagery" as theme, the Taipei City Also provided is a route map from Beimen to Bangka Longshan Government has designed a series of souvenir items Temple, highlighting 9 tourist attractions and giving travelers a blending the city's renowned heritage attractions glance at the city's appearance in days gone by. with art, using innovative forms and shapes. Beyond the much-loved cake gift boxes, choose from Weng Weng Bags daily necessities and toys featuring painted Taipei landscapes as well as many other items that enable the visitor to bring their Taipei travel memories back These drawstring bags have a cute bee design, symbolizing home with them in physical form. the busy bee's hardworking spirit; "weng weng" is "buzz buzz" in Chinese. They can be used as simple sports bags, good for lightweight, convenient carrying of towels, water bottles, etc.

Taipei Impressions Chocolate

Xiaonanmen Illustrated Flip-Flops

The imagery on these flip-flops was created by illustrator Pan Yu-you, showing Ko P Coasters / Zipper Bags / Famous Saying past and present Xiaonanmen (Small Masking Tape Dadaocheng Walnut and South Gate) and its surrounding area. The wrapping for these chocolates features cityscape paintings Date Cake Boxes Old and new architecture are contrasted, from the collection of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Examples along with motor vehicles and horses, include painter Wu Cheng-yan's "Presidential Office Building" presenting the interesting differences and "Beimen," Deng Guo-qing's "Datun Vastness" and "Beitou This series of practical household items such as The exteriors of these gift boxes are between life lived yesterday and today. Old Street," and Long Si-liang's "Remembering Ximending." The coasters, bags, and picture frames features cute printed with a Dadaocheng street scene The uniqueness of these illustrated flip- combination of painter introductions of Taipei and delectable caricature portraits of Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, popularly painted by the renowned artist Guo Xue- flops has made them both practical 72% bitter-sweet chocolate are sure to paint a whole new gallery called Ko P ("Professor Ko"). In addition, a series of five hu (Festival on South Street). The scene accessories and collectibles. of fond memories for you. masking-tape selections featuring well-known Ko P shows the flourishing bustle of yesteryear quotes has been created. These souvenirs have become Dadaocheng, bursting with colorful hot commodities. shop signs and a sea of people crowded Little Bee Cake Towels around a temple entrance, creating a deep impression. Inside are cakes made INFO with black date, walnut, and maltose – These cute Taiwan-made cake aromatic, sweet, soft, and light. Another towels are in the shape of little Present @ Taipei – City Souvenir Design Center flavor option is longan with walnut, Add: 1, City Hall Rd., Taipei City (West Entrance of ) bees. High-quality, soft, and the walnut tasty and crunchy. These Tel: 1999 (outside Taipei City, please dial 02-2720-8889) ext. 3391 very absorbent, they're great are superb tidbit accompaniments for (Closed on national holidays) for wiping faces or sweat during afternoon tea or coffee. 22 exercise. 23 Leisure & Arts Taipei Leisure & Arts Taipei

City Events City Events

Until 5/22 5/31 - 6/4 (open to general public on 6/4) American, George H. Kerr, Computex Taipei 2016 dedicated his whole life to Taiwan 2F, Special Exhibition Hall, Discovery Center of Taipei (1, City Hall Rd., Taipei City) Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center; Taipei World Trade Center, Halls 1 and 3;  1999 (outside Taipei City, please dial 02-2720-8889) ext. 8630 discovery.gov.taipei Taipei International Convention Center (02) 2577-4249 www.computextaipei.com.tw This exhibition displays books and artifacts of the author of Formosa Betrayed, This year's exhibition has three major themes – The Internet of Things, George H. Kerr (1911-1992), including photos from his time teaching in Taipei Innovation and Startups, and Business Solutions – reading the pulse of the First High School, coinage and both landscape and culture photos from newest waves in ICT-industry smart technology. Three special new exhibit the Japanese era, artifacts from his time as U.S. vice-consul, and "American areas being unveiled are SmarTEX, InnoVEX, and iStyle, providing the latest Independence Day Banquet" by painter Lan Yin-ding. These provide an technology-related information. intriguing look back into history, and better understanding of Taiwan.

4/10 - 6/1 5/21 - 7/3 2016 Baosheng Cultural Festival Taipei Xia Hai City God Cultural Festival Dalongtong Baoan Temple (61, Hami St. Taipei City) Dadaocheng, Dalongtong, Taipei XiaHai City God Temple  (02) 2595-1676 www.baoan.org.tw (02)2558-0346 www.tpecitygod.org

This year's festival launches in April, and runs for two months. Activities The Taipei Xia Hai City God Temple is a popular place to beseech help in include folk opera, Song Jiang battle-array performances, "fire lion" finding one's true love. This annual festival, held in June, brings tourists fireworks, guided heritage-site and art tours, a children's painting in great number. In addition to a ceremony expressing birthday good competition, and art exhibits. This year's clan-sponsored folk opera wishes to the resident City God, there are also musical performances, a fair, section is open to Taiwanese-opera and glove-puppet theatre troupes dragon-boat rides, etc. Adding even more splendid variety to the program from around Taiwan; this and the addition of fire lion fireworks will bring are coordinated exhibits, theater, and cultural experiences staged by local great excitement. Dadaocheng organizations.

4/30 - 5/1 6/9 - 6/11 Eco Fair 2016 Taipei Dragon Boat Festival 2016  Children's Stage and nearby area inside Daan Forest Park Dajia Riverside Park (Dajia Section of River, beneath Dazhi Bridge) (02) 2363-3188 ext. 12 www.daanforestpark.org.tw (02) 2570-2330 ext. 6127 dragonboat.taipei

Being staged April 30 to May 1 in Daan Forest Park. A number of themes, This year's festival will run from June 9 to 11. There are multiple elements, notably ecological conservation and urban development, are rolled into notably Taipei City brand imagery, riverside development, and an one, in keeping with Taipei's goal to becoming an ecological city. The fair international dragon-boat championship. Public-participation activities schedule encompasses many activities. There are also eco-theme song- include wrapping zongzi (glutinous-rice dumplings) and standing eggs on and-dance shows, a nature-photography competition, and much else end for luck. This year specially features the "City University Dragon Boat showcasing Taipei's "green charms." Invitational Competition," being staged in preparation for the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade. Much fun is guaranteed for all!

5/14 - 5/15 end of June - July 2016 Taipei Traditional Market Festival 2016 Taipei Film Festival Gallery Plaza, Taipei Expo Park (02) 2341-5241 ext. 2125 (02) 2311-3227 www.taipeiff.org.tw www.market.taipei The curtains will rise for the 18th edition of this festival on June 30. Major This year's event, being held May 14-15 in Taipei Expo Park, is using sections include the International New Talent Competition, Taipei Film painting and photography competitions to increase people's awareness Awards, and City in Focus, giving the public a panoramic range of film- and understanding of traditional markets. At the same time, the "World's viewing experiences. This year's Filmmaker in Focus section showcases Best Vendor" competition will continue. There will be many on-site Hamaguchi Ryusuke's Happy Hour, recipient of numerous awards and promotions, encouraging everyone to dive headlong into the traditional honors. For more information on tickets, showtimes, and locations, please night-market "bargain-hunt" fun. visit the official website.

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Art Calendar Art Calendar

Taipei Fine Arts Museum Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei National Palace Museum National Museum of History National Taiwan Science Heritage Culture Eductation Add: 221, Sec. 2, Zhishan Rd., Taipei City Add: 181, Sec. 3, Zhongshan N. Rd., Add: 39, Chang'an W. Rd., Taipei City Add: 49, Nanhai Rd., Taipei City Education Center Center of Taipei Tel: (02) 2881-2021 Taipei City Tel: (02) 2552-3721 Tel: (02) 2361-0270 Add: 189, Shishang Rd., Taipei City Add: 101, St., Taipei City Web: www.npm.edu.tw Tel: (02) 2595-7656 Web: www.mocataipei.org.tw Web: www.nmh.gov.tw Tel: (02) 6610-1234 ext. 1000, 1005 (Bopiliao Historic Street Area) Web: www.tfam.museum Web: www.ntsec.gov.tw Tel: (02) 2336-1704 Web: hcec.tp.edu.tw Until 5/8 Until 5/2 Until 6/12 Until 4/24 Treasures from Heaven － Mika Ninagawa Exhibition Auspicious Patterns – Until 5/22 Yang Mao-Lin: A Retrospective Until 4/17 A Special Exhibition of Exhibitions of Qing Brocade Science Photography – The Until 5/15 Railway Branch Line – Artifacts from the Holy See 4/21 - 6/12 Mystery of Nature and Art New British Inventors: Inside Until 6/26 Special Exhibiton Nostalgia Exhibtion credit: ©mika ninagawa; courtesy of The Countryside of Taiwan: Six Heatherwick Studio Tomio Koyama Gallery Along the River During the Decades of Yung-Ho Chung 5/28 - 9/18 Qingming Festival Special NASA – A Human Adventure Exhibition

Huashan 1914 Creative Park Songshan Cultural and Creative Park Shin Kong Cinemas EXPO Dome, Taipei Expo Park Puppetry Art Center of Taipei Add: 1, Sec. 1, Bade Rd., Taipei City Add: 133, Guangfu S. Rd., Taipei City Add: 4F, 36, Xining S. Rd., Taipei City Add: 1, Yumen St., Taipei City Add: 2F, 99, Sec. 5, Civic Blvd., Add: 181-1, Sec. 3, Zhongshan N. Rd., Tel: (02) 2358-1914 (enter from Yanchang Rd.) Tel: (02) 2314-6668 Tel: (02) 2182-8886 Taipei City Taipei City Web: www.huashan1914.com Tel: (02) 2765-1388 Web: www.skcinemas.com Web: www.expopark.taipei Tel: (02) 2528-9553 Tel: (02) 2586-3677 Web: www.songshanculturalpark.org Web: www.pact.org.tw Web: www.taipeistoryhouse.org.tw Until 7/22 SPOT Huashan Upside Down House 4/20 - 4/24 Add: 1, Sec. 1, Bade Rd., Taipei City 4/20 - 4/24 4/4 - 6/26 Until 5/29 4/20 - 4/24 (4/22 - 24 open to general public) Tel: (02) 2394-0622 (4/22 - 24 open to general public) "Puppet Heaven" – Shiny Centuries of Glories – (4/22 - 24 open to general public) Creative EXPO Taiwan Web: www.tidf.org.tw Creative EXPO Taiwan Creative EXPO Taiwan (Design Area) Shoes Children's Theater x An Exhibition of 5/6 - 5/15 (Licensing Area) (Crafts Area) 5/5 - 6/3 Creations by Cheng Shu-yu European Porcelain 5/7 - 5/8 6/18 - 9/19 World Design Capital Taipei 2016 Taiwan International Special Exhibition The Animation World of Exhibition of "Grounding Program Documentary Festival Petit Fancy – Asian Comics Exhibition Ghibli Special Exhibition in Design Education" 26 27 FUN TAIPEI

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Metro Taipei 24-Hour Service Hotline: (02) 218-12345 Website: english.metro.taipei N Tamsui Metro Tickets 2 1 Airport Regular Station Hongshulin HSR Transfer Station Tamsui-Xinyi Line Xinbeitou 2 TRA Terminal Station Zhuwei Plum Garden Beitou 3 Songshan-Xindian Line Maokong Gondola Guandu Zhonghe-Xinlu Line Zhongyi Fuxinggang Qiyan 4 Qilian Taipei Visitor Information Center 5 Single-Journey Ticket One-Day Pass 24hr Pass 48hr Pass 72hr Pass Shipai NT$20 ~ NT$65 NT$150 NT$180 NT$280 NT$380 Mingde Zhishan 4B Luzhou Xihu Wende Sanmin Senior High Shilin Neihu School EasyCard, iPASS Card Jiannan Rd. Gangqian St. Ignatius High Jiantan Each card costs NT$100, including an available value of NT$0 and a deposit of School Dazhi Dahu Park Miramar Entertainment Park Sanhe Junior High Yuanshan NT$100 (refunded upon return of the card). The cards can be used immediately School Huzhou upon adding value. Fares are charged based on trip itinerary. They also serve as Zhongshan Elementary Sanchong Minquan W. Rd. School Songshan Airport e-wallets, used for small payments at convenience stores and other designated Elementary School Donghu Taipei Songshan Airport stores, as well as for YouBike rental payments. Daqiaotou Cailiao Sanchong Zhongshan Junior Nangang Software Park Shuanglian Xingtian Temple High School Taipei Taipei Pass Touqianzhuang Xianse Temple Nanjing Nanjing Songshan Nangang Scan this card over sensors in public buses and MRT Zhongshan Songjiang Nanjing Fuxing Taipei Arena Sanmin Exhibition Fu Jen Xinzhuang Center station gates, during the period of validity, enjoy University Dadaocheng 3 Nangang unlimited rides on the Taipei Metro system, Taipei Beimen Zhongxiao Zhongxiao Sun Yat-Sen Danfeng Taipei Main Station Yongchun 1 5 一日券 二日券 三日券 五日券 貓纜版一日券 4A Xinsheng Fuxing Memorial Hall Joint Bus System, and municipal One-day新台幣180元 pass Two-day新台幣310元 pass Three-day新台幣440元 pass Five-day pass Maokong Gondola 新台幣700元 新台幣350元 Huilong Kunyang NT$180 NT$310 NT$440 NT$700 One-day pass ShandaoTemple Zhongxiao Taipei Houshanpi buses (buses with Taipei Pass stickers affixed). Sold Longshan Temple Dunhua City Hall NT$350 Ximen at all Taipei MRT stations. NTU Hospital Jiangzicui Taipei 101/ Xiaonanmen Daan Park Daan World Trade Center Xiangshan Maokong Gondola Xinpu Chiang Kai-Shek Dongmen Xinyi Anhe Banqiao Memorial Hall 2 24-Hour Service Hotline: (02) 218-12345 Technology Building Guting Website: www.gondola.taipei Fuzhong Taipower Building Liuzhangli Linguang Far Eastern Hospital Gongguan Dingxi Xinhai YouBike Public Bicycles Wanlong Yongan Market Taipei Zoo Haishan Wanfang Hospital Tel: 1999 (outside Taipei City, please dial 02-2720-8889) ext. 5855 or (02) 8978-5511 Website: www.youbike.com.tw Jingan Jingmei Wanfang Muzha 1 Community Tucheng Nanshijiao Dapinglin Taipei Zoo Station Taipei Zoo Blue Highway South Station Yongning 4 Xiaobitan Qizhang Taipei Department of Transportation: www.dot.gov.taipei Zhinan Temple Station Taipei River Cruise Mini Trip Website: www.riverfun.net Office Dingpu Maokong Station (For detailed information about cruises, please contact the boat companies.) 3 Xindian 5 Taiwan Tourist Shuttle – Beitou Zhuzihu Route Start/End Points: MRT Beitou Station – Zhuzihu Website: www.taiwantrip.com.tw

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