u/ThirdOne38

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We were visiting someone and had a day to kill and we came across this 1.5 hour chopstick workshop in Taipei in the Dihua district. It was a woodworking shop and they had you pick a wood type, do some planing and sanding, then varnish or oil or whatever it's called, then you also can woodburn some characters or pictures into the end. They came out so nice like real professional looking, and it was pretty fun. It's a nice way to make a useful souvenir and see how it's made.

If I'm allowed I can add the link but something similar shouldn't be hard to find if you google it, I think ours was jiwoodwork, maybe ~$25 US a person. We also did the papermaking craft at the paper museum, both were a fun experience if you're just hanging around the city and want some low key events.

If not why not? I just thought this as we passed a few stores in an area which were all in English

Looking for calligraphy classes for a tourist, but the ones i googled are around $80 US which seems awfully steep

My college age daughter and I are traveling to Taiwan and need to mostly stay around NTU. What are some good things to see that aren't the typical tourist things? Like we live in a large city so seeing the 101 may not be that exciting. Plus she has traveled a lot and got tired of seeing museum after museum on a recent European trip. I also like see things a bit off the beaten path, like oddball shops on side streets, etc. We would also like to see some of the nature but going to the southern side of the island would maybe be difficult.

So what are the best things that maybe made you say Cool! but is not the typical sights listed in top 20 lists.

They all look actually pretty good, but don't know the expiration dates. They could be from 6 months ago, or as long as 10+ years, who knows. What would you do?