25 Awesome (and weird) Things to Do in Ximending Taipei ... | taipei shopping blog
Dearreader:ThisarticlecontainslinkstoproductsandservicesthatImaybecompensatedfor,atnoextracosttoyou.StepfootinXimendingTaipei(西門町台北)andyoucouldbeforgivenforthinkingyou’vebeenteleportedtoJapan.That’swhypeoplecallXimen,officiallythe“XimendingYouthShoppingDistrict,”the“ShinjukuofTaipei.”GoogleMapscallsit‘XimendingNightMarket’,butit’snotexactlyanightmarket.(TheseareTaipei’spropernightmarkets,withHuaxibeingthenearestnightmarkettoXimendingwalkingdistrict).YoumayalsoseeitwrittenasXimenmarket,S...
Dear reader: This article contains links to products and services that I may be compensated for, at no extra cost to you.
Step foot in Ximending Taipei (西門町台北) and you could be forgiven for thinking you’ve been teleported to Japan. That’s why people call Ximen, officially the “Ximending Youth Shopping District,” the “Shinjuku of Taipei.”
GoogleMaps calls it ‘Ximending Night Market’, but it’s not exactly a night market. (These are Taipei’s proper night markets, with Huaxi being the nearest night market to Ximending walking district). You may also see it written as Ximen market, Shi-men Ting night market, Ximenting night market, or Xi Men Ding night market.[1]
Rather, Ximen is a daytime and evening pedestrian shopping area with a high concentration of hip, funky, and outright weird things goin on.
Besides the 25 things to do in Ximending in this guide, I’ll mention where to ...