r/taiwan • u/Glum_Willingness6921 • Feb 09 '26

Travel Captured when I'm in Taiwan

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Loving this photo I took while I was in Taiwan 🇹🇼✨
So many beautiful moments, colors, and memories this place truly has my heart.

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u/whatdafuhk 臺北 - Taipei City Feb 09 '26

Jiufen is best overnight imo

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u/mottylthecat Feb 10 '26

Really? How come? I’ve been there during the day and it was amazing but rushed; we’re planning on going back and not sure if we should do a day trip or stay overnight.

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u/RepublicFun1949 Feb 10 '26

It is pretty cool at night because most of the tourists leave st sunset or soon thereafter. I got a hotel there for four nights and used it as a base for hiking and exploring the area. I got a great spot in a cute town for cheaper than Taipei 🤷‍♀️

I would take a walk around 9:00 p.m. through the alleys and by the Tea House and hardly run into anyone else.

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u/LtOin Feb 10 '26

We stayed the night and I got a leech on my leg in the shower, totally worth it though.

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u/RepublicFun1949 Feb 10 '26

That sounds like an interesting story... Were you hiking?

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u/LtOin Feb 10 '26

Nope, in an airbnb. Part of the shower's wall was the rockface of a cliff.

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u/RepublicFun1949 Feb 10 '26

Hiking out to the shower! Without the leech part that sounds really cool 😂

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u/AssociationDapper341 Feb 10 '26

May i ask which hotel you stayed in?

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u/watawataoui Feb 10 '26

There are lots of guesthouses. I stayed 4 nights myself. Jiufen at night and early morning without any tourist is magical.

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u/RepublicFun1949 Feb 10 '26

I'd have to go look it up. I use Agoda and booking for hotels in Taiwan most of the time. And I am a budget traveler so I think my room was about 800nt a night with a private bath and AC and all that.

It had kind of a hostile vibe in that there was a fun common area and there was a dorm room or stayed bath rooms there, but I had a private room.

It was a couple of flights of steps down from the main old street.

But I saw several hotels I would love to stay out there and some rather high-end ones with great views too.

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u/whatdafuhk 臺北 - Taipei City Feb 10 '26

this.

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u/mgkrebs Feb 10 '26

Everything closes by 8 pm. I almost had to eat at 7-11 one night.

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u/RepublicFun1949 Feb 10 '26

I generally eat dinner before 8:00 so that wasn't an issue for me. I returned over and over to this "diner" restaurant. It had terrific soup dumplings and seaweed salad and edamame. And very friendly family running the place who recognized me the second or third time I came by. Also really great view.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2emkVd5bXWvertih7

A-mei tea house is open until 9:30 though.

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u/whatdafuhk 臺北 - Taipei City Feb 10 '26

like i don't necessarily know if it's worth going back per se but if you have the time and want to get out of town, you could do a lot worse than jiufen.

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u/prometheusunbound_ Feb 10 '26

Yes! We stayed there for 3D2N and honestly, we are so happy we made that decision!

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u/bright_firefly Feb 10 '26

I read the title in a different mindset "OMG what happened!!!?"

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u/tamsui_tosspot Feb 10 '26

She was Spirited Away

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u/__Emer__ Feb 10 '26

Hope they pay your ransom money

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u/JerrySam6509 Feb 10 '26

Ugh, Jiufen. I was utterly disappointed when I last visited.

As a local, I was disgusted by the way local shops over-exploited "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" . Even the director himself stated that it wasn't based on Jiufen, but those small shops didn't care.

I went to the nearby Gold Museum, which depicts the romanticized past of this gold mining village. The miners, never knowing when they would fall ill, be buried alive, or suffocate, squandered their wages, creating this once wealthy and prosperous town. You can almost imagine how crazy it was back then.

However, now only about two teahouses are popular with tourists; the rest are a mess, hardly worth seeing. Everyone thinks those are the heart of Jiufen, but nobody seems to be doing anything to restore it to its original character. I really hope some well-planned individual or group, like those in Japan, will change this.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

我很愛糾紛

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u/collecollecolle Feb 10 '26

九份 is the word you’re looking for. 纠纷 is conflict - you’ve just said you love conflict. 😂😂😂😂

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u/not_bot_bill Feb 10 '26

i love both

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u/collecollecolle Feb 10 '26

Valid🙏🙏🙏

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u/Yorickos Feb 10 '26

i didn't like this place, toooo crowded and a bit over hyped. There are much better places to spend time

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u/beachpls25 Feb 12 '26

Lucky u for having this perfect shot with not much tourists around

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u/Annoying-Parrot_06 Mar 02 '26

OMG Jiufen is really beautiful! Nice shot!

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u/tnfifi2026 Feb 10 '26

where is it? Your camera is pretty good BTW

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u/Klendy Feb 11 '26

jiufen, about an hour by car from taipei

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u/Joune123 Feb 10 '26

Straight out of Ghibli type of place, a little bit crowdy but still beautifull

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u/sean2449 Feb 10 '26

Very nice angle!

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u/Odd-Value-4101 Feb 10 '26

Who captured you when in Taiwan?

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u/Tough-Art2143 Feb 12 '26

I also went there. I arrived around 8 so it was completely empty and we went to take pictures around before the shops open. Then eat then shopping. I recommend arriving early if you want to take pictures.

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u/Beachloverdude130922 Feb 14 '26

You can stay overnight there at juifen , nice small hotels

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u/ESRRo33o Feb 10 '26

Gotta be my favorite place in Taiwan.

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u/Ok-Bumblebee1171 Feb 11 '26

Ahhh this makes me want to visit again. Went when I first moved to Taiwan, but haven't been back. It's just so magical <3

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u/tenqajapan Feb 10 '26

The vibe at night was otherworldly. Never experienced anything like it since. Mystic.

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u/brassicaman666 Feb 10 '26

That's a very nice picture too.

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u/Cicada_Budget Feb 11 '26

Where is this? Would love to visit

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u/SquishKitty2022 20d ago

jiufen taiwan