Taipei's hot-spring district at the north end of the Tamsui-Xinyi MRT line. Japanese-era ryokan dining, Marshal Zen Garden's heritage banquets.
Marshal Zen Garden restored a Japanese-era Beitou inn into a heritage Taiwanese dining room above the Tamsui river bend. Hot-spring bath plus a banquet menu.
Signature: Taiwanese set banquet, Hot-pot finale, Sesame oil chicken
Order: Set-menu Taiwanese banquet finishing with sesame-oil chicken and the hot-pot rice course.
Tip: Open 12:00-14:00 and 18:00-21:00 daily. Reserve through the operator's site; pickups from Xinbeitou MRT.
Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival, marking the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, takes place at Pingxi Junior High School and Shifen Sky Lantern Square 40 minutes.
Tip: Free entry. Releases every 20 minutes 18:00-21:00; shuttle from Pingxi MRT.
Beitou's hot spring association opens the bathing season with a five day street festival around MRT Xinbeitou Station, pairing hotel and restaurant hot spring cuisine with performances, drumming and bathhouse promotions.
Tip: The opening ceremony evening draws the biggest crowd; book a Beitou hotel bath and dinner package for the festival week rather than queuing at the public baths.
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