Ximending Neon and Subcultures

You can find the Animate Taipei store by locating the wide staircase that leads down from the street level into the basement. This space serves as the local branch of Japan’s largest anime, manga, and gaming retail chain, acting as a…

The Red House is a two-story, red-brick structure that is easy to spot because of its unusual octagonal entrance hall. Built in nineteen oh eight during the Japanese colonial period, it was designed by architect Kondo Juro as Taiwan's…

Shinjuku Plaza stands on Xining Road in Taipei’s Ximending district as a vertical maze of independent storefronts. While its exterior has cycled through different architectural treatments, including a sleek black facade, the building…

The Wan Nian Building stands on Xining South Road as a multi-story block of small, maze-like shops that has anchored the Ximending district since nineteen seventy-three. Designed by architect Cai Baifeng, the structure opened as a premier…

Tattoo Street is a narrow, covered alley tucked into Lane fifty of Hanzhong Street, within the Ximending district of Taipei. It is easily identified by the cluster of specialized tattoo parlors that give the passage its name, interspersed…

America Street, or Meiguo Street, is a short lane in the Ximending shopping district of Taipei known for its concentration of urban art. Its walls, alleys, and surrounding structures serve as a legal canvas where graffiti and murals by…

Taipei Cinema Park is defined by the remnants of the Taiwan Gas Company, specifically the old processing plant, brick chimneys, and coke furnaces that rise above the modern landscape. Established in nineteen thirty-four during the Japanese…