Taipei Main Station is located right smack in the center of Taipei, and is home to different transportation services such as buses, trains, railways, and pretty much everything the city can offer. My family and I decided to walk around this area, from the 2/28 Peace Park all the way…
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Taipei’s art scene never disappoints. You’ll be surprised to always find limited-time exhibitions by prolific Japanese artists, such as this Mika Ninagawa one at the Museum of Contemporary Art / MoCA. My love for Mika Ninagawa goes way back – in 2010, AKB48 came out with their iconic Heavy Rotation video,…
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I don’t mind staying here every time I go to Taipei. If I had to describe the Zhongxiao Dunhua area, I’d say it’s similar to Harajuku (Tokyo) or Hongdae (Seoul). The energy is absolutely captivating, and I feel like this is a side of Taipei that not a lot of people…
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Besides the places I’ve done stand-alone posts on, here are some noteworthy places you can visit in Taipei: 1. Yong Kang Street In between Dongmen Station and Daan Park Station is Yong Kang Street, a destination for foodies. The original Din Tai Fung can be found here, as well as a…
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What’s not to love about Taipei’s Huashan 1914 Creative Park? It’s basically every hipster’s dream – a 60+ year old winery-turned-creative space with lots of inspiring indie brands, specialty stores, art exhibits, third wave coffee shops, bars, cinemas, and occasional mini concerts by Taipei’s most promising musicians. It didn’t hurt that the industrial-organic aesthetic of the…
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Who would’ve thought people would go crazy over characters in a mobile messenger app? Over the years, LINE has become so big that it has an icon, an Asian phenomenon that has prompted the birth of many LINE Friends stores selling all the Brown, Cony, James, and Moon merchandise you can think of….
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Taiwan isn’t all just about milk tea! In this post, you can find not only the most beautiful cafes, but also some of the city’s best-tasting coffee. If you find yourself in these areas, you might want to take a break and grab a cuppa! 1) COSTUMICE CAFÉ Address: No….
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Our next few days in Taipei were spent just going around the city for random sightseeing and possible shopping! I say “random” and “possible” because we literally did not have an itinerary, and my whole family was depending on me to Google and ask Crissey (who went with her family…
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Second time in Taipei but only properly blogging about it now because the last trip was already about a decade ago. My family and I never really got around to visiting Taiwan again (together) until this trip last January. We were too obsessed with Japan. However, for the first time,…
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