Must-see shopping in Taichung

  • Donghai Bookshop

    Taichung

    This hippy indie bookstore specialises in social science and literature, with a small selection of tomes in English. It also has its own cafe decked out…

  • Fantasy Story

    Taichung

    The two-storey dormitories of an old water utility have been taken over by bookstores, fashion boutiques and other creative businesses. The premises have…

  • Chu Jun

    Taichung

    Chu Jun ('maggot bacteria') is a cult space that marries Japanese schoolgirl culture with the grotesque. The shop sells '70s Japanese paraphernalia and…

  • ArtQpie

    Taichung

    A lovely shop and gallery inside an old house in a state of romantic crumble – there's skylight in the open kitchen, peeling pillars and hanging…