Unique Stores & Activities in Taipei

One uncommon Taipei place per report — specialist stores, workshops, single stalls, craft studios, and oddities. Location, hours, prices, and souvenirs worth carrying home. No subject covered twice.

Reports — Newest First

5 Aug 2026 臺北琴道舘 — Taipei Qin Hall: Guqin in a 1930s Japanese Official Residence, Free Admission 5 Aug 2026 小花園鞋莊 — Garden 1936: Shanghai-Founded Embroidered Shoemaker, Still Making Them by Hand 5 Aug 2026 老綿成燈籠店 — Lao Mian Cheng: Century-Old Lantern Maker, Brush-Lettered On Demand 5 Aug 2026 老濟安 Healing Herbar — Pour-Over Herbal Medicine Bar, Third Generation Out of Herb Alley 5 Aug 2026 樹火紀念紙博物館 — Suho Memorial Paper Museum: Taiwan's Only Paper Museum, Built From an Air Disaster 4 Aug 2026 拾米屋 — Sheme House: ICA Gold-Medal Chocolate in a Japanese Colonial Grain Warehouse 4 Aug 2026 山芳良油 — Sumfine: Cold-Press Camellia Oil Factory at the Foot of Maokong's Tea Hills 4 Aug 2026 animitta 酒之店: Japanese Sake Import Flagship with Taiwan Ice-Crack Glassware 4 Aug 2026 郭合記 — Kuo He Chi: Sole Maker of the Hand-Forged Shilin Cutter, Five Generations Since 1869 4 Aug 2026 THT唱片 — THT Records: African Music and Extreme Metal in a Japanese Colonial Alleyway 4 Aug 2026 耕硯齋 — Geng Yan Zhai: Brush, Ink & Inkstone Specialist with In-House Inkstick Production 4 Aug 2026 老明玉香舖 — Lao Ming Yu: Qing-Founded Incense Maker, In-House Shake Method 4 Aug 2026 日星鑄字行 — Ri Xing Type Foundry: Last Traditional Chinese Moveable-Type Foundry