Taiwan - Day 5

For our last day we got out of Taipei and visited Jiufen. It's a small town in the mountains about an hours drive east of Taipei. The movie "A City of Sadness" was set here and since then it has become a hugely popular tourist destination.



The mountain village of Jiufen


The weather has been getting worse all week and today we had light to moderate rain all morning.



Unbrella toting tourists brave the elements - Jiufen

Jiufen is filled with traditional Taiwanese architecture. I'm not sure if this is a temple or a hotel.



Traditional Taiwanese Architecture - Jiufen

The semi-covered arcade is lined with tourist oriented souvenir shops.



Main shopping arcade - Jiufen


Hidden amongst the mountains around are more examples of interesting architecture. 

Taiwanese Architectrue - Jiufen