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Sushi Express: A meditation on love and dating in Taiwan

By: jennalynncody 2018-03-142019-05-27

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Eric Lin was not merely my first Taiwanese friend – we’d actually met on the flight that brought me to Taiwan. He was trying to start a business with his friend based on a design idea they’d come up with in their spare time for better packaging of fragile items, which would enable him to quit his monotonous engineering job. He was great fun to talk to, and I was drawn to his complicated shyness: just awkward enough for it to be apparent, but not enough to stop him from ringing me up to have coffee.

15 suggestions for a day in Dadaocheng

By: Taiwan Scene 2018-02-222021-02-08

Arts, Urban Exploration & Exhibitions In Taiwan | Taiwan Scene, Places, Taipei City, Travel to Northern Taiwan | Taiwan SceneDadaocheng, February, Travel tips5 Comments

If strolling through scenic history-drenched streets filled with cultural attractions, unique shopping venues and an abundance of great food is your thing, Taipei’s Dadaocheng neighborhood is well worth a visit. The neighborhood just north of Taipei’s Bei Men , or north gate station become increasingly popular with travelers over the past few years (much to the bemusement of locals, who’ve been hanging out here since the late Qing dynasty).

Taiwan Culture Blooms at InBlooom, Taipei’s hippest fabric art shop

By: Taiwan Scene 2018-02-222019-05-29

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Dadaocheng is a busy neighborhood on most days, especially in the weeks leading up to the Lunar New Year holidays. But even on the busiest days things are usually a bit quieter on two blocks west, which is where you’ll find InBlooom, a shop specializing in both selling print goods and in teaching Taiwanese printing art to locals and visitors alike.

The Living History of Dadaocheng

By: Taiwan Scene 2017-11-152021-02-08

Arts, Urban Exploration & Exhibitions In Taiwan | Taiwan Scene, Places, Taipei City, Travel to Northern Taiwan | Taiwan SceneCulture, Dadaocheng, Taipei1 Comment

Modern Taipei is a massive city overlaid by a spider web of intercrossing metro lines on which you can spend 90 minutes getting from one end of town to the other. But Old Taipei, which sprang alongside the eastern bank of the Danshui river, was a smaller place, and much of it fit neatly inside the confines of a city wall, among the last built in the waning days of the Qing dynasty.

The Old Taipei – Introducing the City’s Dadaocheng Area

By: Taiwan Scene 2015-09-092019-05-21

Activities, Arts, Urban Exploration & Exhibitions In Taiwan | Taiwan SceneDadaocheng, History, September, Tea, Temple2 Comments

If you want to know more in general about a foreign place, you want to ask a local. If you want to know more about the culture and history of a foreign place, you want to ask a local expert. Travel in Taiwan recently did just this, paying local historian Zhuang Yong-ming a visit to learn more about one of Taipei City’s oldest districts, Dadaocheng, before going on an exploration tour of the area.