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The peeks into the living rooms and backstreets of 19th-century London are worth ad-
mission alone, as is the outstanding Japanese village, complete with blooming cherry
blossoms.
Su Ho Paper Museum
MUSEUM
(Shùhuǒ Jìniàn Zhǐ Bówùguǎn; 2507 5539;
www.suhopaper.org.tw
;
68 Chang'an E Rd, Sec 2; ad-
mission NT$100, with paper-making session NT$180; 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Sat; Songjiang-
Nanjing)
Fulfilling the lifelong dream of Taiwanese paper-maker Chen Su Ho, this stylish
four-storey museum displays a working traditional paper mill, temporary exhibits (with a
focus on paper sculpture or installation art), as well as good overviews of paper making
around the world and in Taiwan. For a DIY experience, join the daily paper-making
classes at 10am, 11am, 2pm and 3pm.
At the museum shop you can purchase cards, posters and other elegant designs con-
structed from handmade paper. And before you leave the building, check out the bath-
rooms. You'll never feel so grateful to be alive in modern times.
Xinyi
Taipei's financial and city government district, this is the bright-lights, big city part of
town, with the tallest buildings, the swankiest malls and the hottest nightclubs. And yet,
nicely, it is also a casual place, a sporting place even, with hiking trails to Elephant
Mountain starting a stone's throw from Taipei 101, and wide sidewalks circulating
through the area where cyclists plod along on city Youbikes.
