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No. 10 Chengdu Road, Wanhua District, Taipei

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About this place The Red House (Ximen Honglou)

The Red House is Taipei's great double landmark. Built in 1908 as Taiwan's first public market — an octagonal red-brick hall by Japanese-era architect Juro Kondo — it lived later lives as an opera house and cinema, fell derelict, and was restored in 2007 as a cultural centre of craft shops and theatre. What happened behind it made queer history: from the mid-2000s, the south plaza at the building's rear filled with open-air LGBTQ bars and terraces, growing into the largest concentration of openly gay venues in Taiwan. In the society that would become the first in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage (2019), the Red House quarter is where that openness is most visible — evenings here are simply out, in every sense. Visiting: the cultural centre runs Tuesday-Sunday in the daytime; the bars wake toward evening. Ximending's pedestrian sprawl surrounds it, and the 228 Peace Park — the historic meeting ground of Pai Hsien-yung's Crystal Boys — is a short MRT hop, completing Taipei's queer-history circuit.

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王聰仁(瘦皮猴老師)
王聰仁(瘦皮猴老師) Aug 2026
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고석주
고석주 Aug 2026
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I had a really comfortable and restful time.

미영강
미영강 Aug 2026
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Above all, the place was impressive for its countless types of music boxes. If you enter through the main entrance and head to the right entrance inside, there are small shops.

Han Shin-yu
Han Shin-yu Aug 2026
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Many shops have very unique features.

이영재
이영재 Aug 2026
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Jenny Mackey
Jenny Mackey Aug 2026
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Great spot, had lots of cute things for sale. Not the cheapest but quality of items is really nice

陳小惠
陳小惠 Aug 2026
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