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title: Hsinchu
url: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/places/hsinchu/
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# Hsinchu

Travel journal from Hsinchu, with 10 notes on the places I ate, the dishes I cooked and the sights: Dongmen Market, Hsinchu City God Temple, Hsinchu Station, Xian doujiang (savory soy milk soup).

## Journeys

- [An apartment in Hsinchu and the steam of the night market](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/hsinchu/index.md): A Taste of Life in Taiwan（2023-04-02）

## Cook the local flavors once more

- [Xian doujiang (savory soy milk soup)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/xian-doujiang/index.md): A classic Taiwanese breakfast.
- [Hsinchu rice vermicelli (instant)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/hsinchu-rice-vermicelli/index.md): Hsinchu rice vermicelli has a history of more than 150 years.

## A little of each town’s story

- [Dongmen Market](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/dongmen-market/index.md): A market established in 1900, under Japanese rule.
- [Hsinchu City God Temple](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/hsinchu-city-god-temple/index.md): A City God temple whose construction began in 1747 and was completed in 1748.
- [Hsinchu Station](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/hsinchu-station/index.md): The station opened in 1893.
- [Hsinchu rice vermicelli and the Jiujiang wind](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/hsinchu-rice-vermicelli-and-the-jiujiang/index.md): Hsinchu is nicknamed the "Windy City" for the strength of the Jiujiang wind, which blows around the ninth lunar month (October to November).
- [Gongwan, Hsinchu meatballs](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/gongwan-hsinchu-meatballs/index.md): Hsinchu's meatballs, made by pounding pork into a paste and boiling it.

## Places we stopped along the way

- [Cheng Zu Pepper Bun](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/cheng-zu-pepper-bun/index.md): A pepper bun shop founded in 1941 that began in Wanhua, Taipei; the Beimen Street shop is the Hsinchu main store.
- [A-Zhong Ice Shop (阿忠冰店)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/zhong-ice-shop/index.md): A shaved-ice shop beside the Hsinchu City God Temple.
- [Rongji Hakka Tangyuan (榮記客家湯圓)](https://karigurashijourney.com/en/notes/rongji-hakka-tangyuan/index.md): An eatery on Wuchang Street, full of locals.