Releasing Sky Lanterns at 十分 Shifen, Taiwan

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For our last stop of the day, we hopped over to Shifen Old Street to release sky lanterns.
As it was getting dark, we didn't manage to visit the famous Shifen waterfalls.

Shifen is about 30 minutes way from Jiufen by car. You could also get there by hopping on the Pingxi train line (get down at Shifen station)

It's a small town spanning across a railway track,  with shophouses on both sides of the track. One could walk along the track. Yes, there are real trains every hour!

Jiufen 九份, Taiwan

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Jiufen is a cluster of houses and shops perched on tn the hillsides of Jinguashi. It is well known for the maze of shophouses along flights of steps that lead from the top of the hill to the bottom. You could buy souvenirs here, taste the famous Taro balls, have Chinese tea in one of the teahouses, and take in the beautiful scenery while doing it all.

黃金博物館 Gold Ecological Museum, Jinguashi, Taiwan

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ANY trip to Jinguashi would not be complete without paying a visit to the Gold Ecological Museum.
Since it is located very closely to Jiufen, we made a quick detour.

The Gold Ecological Museum is divided into several sections. There's the Crown Prince Chalet (Tai Zi Bin Guan), gallery area, the gold museum itself, and the mining tunnel, just to mention a few.

We were greeted by Japanese-style architecture as soon as we passed the entrance. Those are actually the 4 joined Japanese residences. The furniture and utensils were preserved and restored for visitors to view.