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Ximending

Ximending is also known as Taipei’s Harajuku, and with many shops selling the latest trendy items in the area, it is the shopping paradise for the younger generations, with stores catering for clothing and accessories to toys and collectible, a tattoo street, a movie street, karaoke, the WanNian Building (home to a collection of trendy clothing as well as collectible stores), Eslite bookshop, and various innovative shops and stores stretched across several blocks.

The high density of shops and the crowd they draw led the Taipei government to create Taiwan’s first pedestrian only area, so as to improve traffic and pedestrian safety.

From exit one of the MRT Ximen station, you can see a two-story tall red brick western-style building, which is the Ximen Red House, and use to be known the Octagonal Building, It used to be the Ximen market, which then became the Red House movie theater, but now it is a protected class three historic monument, acting as a cultural and creative development venue, providing performance and exhibition space, and collection of bars.

With its historical and diverse cultural development, international visitors to Ximending has also led to the gathering of different restaurants and eateries, including delicious Taiwanese cuisines such as LauTienLu braised food, Ay-Chung flour-rice noodles, Simon Food, Ximending lemon house. All these are loved by not just Taiwanese visitors, but also those from Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, so they are definitely worth a try!

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Open from

Most shops are open from 11:00 – 23:00

Green World Hotels in Ximending

  1. Green World Zhonghua – 210m
    ※MRT Ximen Station Exit 5 Map》
  2. Green World Station – 650m
  3. Green World Flora – 700m
  4. New World Hotel – 800m
    ※MRT Ximen Station Exit.1 Map》