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Dihua Street

Dihua Street

Features：Chinese New Year Shopping street, northern to southern dry goods.

Dihua Street is the most popular grocery market for shopping Chinese New Year's goods. It is located in Datong District of Taipei City, Taiwan, with a total length of 800 meters. On ordinary days, Dihua is a relatively quiet street. However, the street will be lively and crowded few weeks before Chinese Lunar New Year.Built in the 1850s, Dihua Street was the major trading center for Chinese herbs and medicines, dried goods, fabrics, as well as teas since it is near

Address: Sec. 1, Dihua St, Datun District, Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Jiguang Street

Jiguang Street

Features：local specialty and delicious street food.

Jiguang Street is one of the oldest shopping streets in Taichung. During the early 70s and 80s, this street was the busiest and booming commercial district in the area. Decades later due to the business hub shift to other place. Jiguang Street remains as one of the tradition old streets in Taichung. However Taichung City Hall has frequently held many events on this street in recent years, so it becomes a popular tourist shopping street again.On ordinary days, Jiguang Street i

Address: Jiguang Street, Taichung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Sanfong Jhong Street

Sanfong Jhong Street

Features：it is a largest groceries wholesale market in Kaohsiung.

Kaohsiung Sanfong Jhong Street or Sanfong Central Street is located in Sanmin District near the Sanfong Temple, which the Sanfong Street got its name from. Sanfong Jong Street is about 400 meters long with more than 100 shops. It has been century old since Qing Dynasty, and it used to be a main street imported exotic foreign goods. Now it is still a largest groceries wholesale market in Kaohsiung. After three years renovation with new interior and exterior décor, it wa

Address: Sanfeng Central St., Sanmin Dist., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Xinhua Old Street

Xinhua Old Street

Features：Baroque-influenced style building. During the Chinese New year, it is also a spot to hold many great spring festival events.

Tainan Xinhua Old Street is an important business hub during the 1920s due to the wholesale fruit. Xinhua Old Street is located in Xinhua District on Zhongzheng Road near the intersection of Zhongshan Road. In 1921s, a wealthy man Mr. Lin who owns the clothing business began the construction on the west side of the Zhongzheng Road. East side of the street began its construction later on, so the locals distinguish between the west and east side of the street by its completion

Address: Zhongzheng Rd., Xinhua Dist., Tainan City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Anping Old Street (Yanping Old Street)

Anping Old Street (Yanping Old Street)

Features：Taiwan’s 1st Street as it is the first established merchant street in the area. Colorful sword-lions.

Today, visitors may still find some of Taiwan’s oldest streets in Anping District as it was the original Dutch settlement in Tainan. The area surrounding Fort Anping (Fort Zeelandia) is full of small streets and alleyways that are packed with vendors, eateries, shops and gaming stores. However, the old buildings have not yet been exploited yet, which allows visitors to discover the unseen beauties and learn the stories behind these preserved buildings and streets. 

Address: Yanping St., Anping District, Tainan City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Cishan Old Street

Cishan Old Street

Features：historical sites, agricultural products.

Cishan Old Street is located in Kaohsiung. Former name Fanshuliao Street or called Hondori Street was built in the Japanese Colonial Period. The street stretches out from the Cishan Railway Station. Sugar business was once prosperous in the area. The buildings are mainly built by stones and red bricks in Baroque architecture featuring the round stone arches. After years and urban remodeling, the original states of the structures are not at its best, but you can still have a g

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Daxi Old Street

Daxi Old Street

Features：rich cultural and traditional style architectures, and local snacks- peanut caramel candy, firm tofu that are made into many flavors.

Located in Taoyuan County, Daxi Old Street is one of the famous Taiwan old streets that used to be a bustling hub for camphor and tea trades. Daxi Old Street is comprised of old stores on Heping Road, Zhongshan Road and Zhongyang Road. The town of Daxi boomed with trades of camphor and tea, and the passage of Daxi Old Street was built as a shortcut for workers to pass through so that they could transport goods without walking a long way. Daxi Old Street is filled with diverse

Address: Heping Road, Zhongshan Road, Zhongyang Road,, Daxi Town, Taoyuan, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Fenchihu Old Street

Fenchihu Old Street

Features：amazing sceneries and delicious local snacks, there are sixteen significant scenic spots include shrine in Japanese style, lumber, cake workshops, etc.

Located in Chiayi County, Taiwan, Fenchihu is located 1400 meters above sea level and was once a refuel middle stop for the old Alishan forest trains. It is now a stop for travelers to take a rest on the way to Alishan Forest Recreation Area. Houses in Fenchihu are built accordance to hill slopes with a 500-meter long old street below the train station. Ahead of the developments of Alishan railway and roads, various shops and vendors had settled around this area, Fenchih

Address: Jhonghe Village, Zhuqi Township, Chiayi County 604, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Jiufen (Chiufen) Old Street

Jiufen (Chiufen) Old Street

Features：local snacks-sweet taro balls, taro cakes, and herbal rice cakes, Chinese teahouses, great night view.

Located in New Taipei City (Taipei County), Chiufen village used to be the center of gold mining. This small village is located within hills, next to the mountains, and facing the ocean. Due to its special location, Chiufen village is well known for its foggy weather condition which creates a romantic atmosphere. The name Chiufen comes from a legend where nine families used to live in this village. Before the development of Chiufen, there was a lack of transportation which ma

Address: Rueifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Lukang Old Street

Lukang Old Street

Features：famed for its well-preserved cultural and historical heritages.

Located in Lukang Town of Changhua County, Taiwan, Lukang Old Street is famed for its well-preserved cultural and historical heritages, as well as old-time flavors that attract large number of both local and international visitors each day. Lukang Town is one of Taiwan’s oldest towns and Lukang Old Street was the main business district of Lukang Town back in the early days. Lukang old town was once a bustling port during the Qing Dynasty in the 1600s and continued to be

Address: Yaolin St., Lukang Town, Changhua county, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Neiwan Old Street

Neiwan Old Street

Features：the stores are built in Chinese wooden architectures and local snacks- ginger lily-flavored glutinous rice, Hakka tea, Hakka mocha.

Located in Hengshan Township in Hsinchu County, Neiwan is a community surrounded by hills and waters, with mostly Hakka peoples gathering and living in this lovely town. Neiwan Old Street is lined with traditional wooden architectures and stores. Stroll along this street visitors will be embraced with reminiscent atmosphere, as well as a gourmet feast, including ginger lily-flavored glutinous rice, Hakka tea, Hakka rice cakes(muachi), etc. On the old street, there is Neiwan T

Address: Zhongzhen Rd.,, Neiwan Village, Hengshan Town,, Hsinchu County,, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Penghu Central Old Street

Penghu Central Old Street

Features：historical sites, agricultural products.

Penghu (also known as the Pescadores) is an outlying strait island located in between Taiwan and China and is under the jurisdiction of Taiwan.Penghu Central Old Street is situated besides the center of Penghu Tianhou Temple. This street is the oldest street in Penghu, and it is also known as the “First Street of Penghu.” The buildings here are Mingnan architectural style. Elements of the building like red brick walls, red wooden doors, art crafty decorated window

Address: Central Old Street, Makung, Penghu County, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Sanxia Old Street

Sanxia Old Street

Features：well preserved intact view of the earliest period of Taiwan. Chinese teahouses, fabric stores, and Chinese herbal medicine pharmacies.

Located in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Sanxia Old Street is a 200-meter long street, one of the longest old streets in northern Taiwan. After three years of renovation, it officially had its reopening to the public in 2007. This old street was an important commercial center in the old days that covers areas of Minquan street, Heping street, Ren’ai street and Zhongshan Road.Sanxia Old Street has the best preserved, the most intact and consentaneous view of the earliest peri

Address: Minquan St. Heping St. Renai St., Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Shenkeng Old Street

Shenkeng Old Street

Features：famous for its tofu gourmets such as stinky tofu, tofu cheese, etc. And, it’s a street for dining and food shopping.

Shenkeng is a rural township in southern New Taipei City (Taipei County), and it literately means a deep tunnel. This place is famous for its tofu gourmets because the best tofu is made here and the restaurants here use a distinctive cooking method. Taiwanese people love “Shenkeng Old Street” for its tofu gourmet, snacks, and popsicles. This place has all different kinds of tofu such as regular tofu, stinky tofu, dessert tofu, fried stinky tofu, BBQ stinky tofu, t

Address: Shenkeng St., Shenkeng Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tamsui Old Street

Tamsui Old Street

Features：historical sites- Fort Santo Domingo, and local snacks- fish ball soup, oily bean curd (Ah Gei), iron egg, fried fish crackers.

Are you looking for a place to taste Taiwanese snacks?Are you looking for a place to relax and feel the breeze?Tamsui is not only known for its historical sites (Ex. Fort Santo Domingo) and romantic attractions (Ex. Fisherman's Wharf), but also known for its diverse shops located on Tamsui Old Street.Tamsui Old Street is located in New Taipei City (Taipei County). A 5 minute walk from Tamsui MRT station can surely fulfill your desires with its surrounded beautiful coffee

Address: Tamsui Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Yenping Old Street (Xiluo Old Street)

Yenping Old Street (Xiluo Old Street)

Features：possesses rich resources in artistic culture, humanities and landscapes left from the past prosperous era.

Yenping Old Street is located along Yenping street in Xiluo Township, Yunlin County. Xiluo was once a bustling trading center in the earliest period of Taiwan due to its good geographic location. This small town possesses rich resources in artistic culture, humanities and landscapes left from the past prosperous era. Here you may savor the cultural assets, traditional rural landscapes, as well as the mouth watering local snacks. According to the constructions of the rural lan

Address: Yenping street, Xiluo Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Hot Spring

Beitou Hot Spring

Beitou Hot Spring

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Beitou has been well known for its natural resources and wonderful scenery for a long period of time. Since the Qing Dynasty, Beitou has been well known for the extraction of sulphur, which is the main component of the Beitou Hot Spring. Beitou Hot Spring facilities were developed while Taiwan was under Japanese Imperial Rule. At that time, the Japanese were very fond of hot springs and regarded them as a way of healing diseases. As time progressed, Beitou Hot Spring has deve

Address: Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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Chingan Old Street (Chingan Bean Curd Street)

Chingan Old Street (Chingan Bean Curd Street)

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Located in Chingan Village of Tai’an Town in Miaoli County, Taiwan, Chingan Old Street has different names derived from its location and bean curd specials. This Taiwan old street t is also known as Xishuikeng Old Street and Chingan Bean Curd (Tofu) Street for the location that Xishui River and Wenshui River converge, offering high-standard water quality that are perfect for making bean curd with a soft and tender taste, making it the home to a number of handmade bean c

Address: Chingan Village, Xishuikeng area, Tai'an Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Jiaoxi Hot Spring

Jiaoxi Hot Spring

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Jiaoxi Hot Spring is one of a very rare hot springs in Taiwan that is extremely rich in minerals. The water of Jiaoxi Hot Spring is a sodium bicarbonate hot spring that is extremely rich in sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and carbonic acid ions. Being sodium bicarbonate hot springs, Jiaoxi Hot Spring are odorless and clear, and it maintains a temperature of around 58° C. A soak in the pool is relaxing and comfortable, leaving the skin smooth but

Address: Jiaoxi Town, Yilan County, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Sichongxi Hot Spring

Sichongxi Hot Spring

Features：

Situated on the Sichong riverbank and 5km East of Checheng in Pingtung, it is a popular hot spring location in Southern Taiwan. It is in fact, one of the four most renowned hot springs in Taiwan along with Yangminshan, Beitou and Guanziling. With most of the hot springs located in the Northern part of Taiwan, Sichongxi Hot Spring stood out in Southern Taiwan.It was told, this was the place where the Japanese Emperor’s brother went for the honeymoon during the Japanese C

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Wulai Old Street

Wulai Old Street

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Located in the Wulai region, New Taipei City, Wulai Old Street refers to the shopping district in Pubu Road and Huanshan Road. Since the main residents in Wulai are Atayal people, culture of the Atayal Tribe can be seen from the stone-paved roads and shop signs designed uniformly on Old Street. The strong aboriginal characteristics surely make Wulai Old Street one of the most distinctive old streets in Taiwan. Strong Aboriginal FlavorShops in Wulai Old Street are all rich in

Address: Wulai Township, New Taipei City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
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