night market
A night market with a lot of character sprawls through the alleys off Wenchang Road.
Specialist stores
Far East Department store (FE21)
Another major shopping center is the Far East Department store FE21 in Xi-da Road on the corner of Xi-men Street. There is plenty of parking and it also has a wide range of movie theaters.
Hsinchu is the hometown of a particular form of rice noodles, called Mifen ç±³ç².
Hsinchu Flower Market
Is a unique and lively place on the weekends. it surrounds the hsinchu zoo and glass blowing museum/park area.
main shopping center
The main shopping center meanders through the roads and lanes from the main train station to Bei-da and Min-sheng Roads. SOGO Department Store is on the corner of Zhong-hua and Mintsu Roads directly across from the railway station, and the Mitsukoshi Department Store has a large branch next to the Ambassador Hotel.
Asian Handicrafts
184 dungmen east gate street: tel:+886 3 525-3662. specialties are jade and buddhist artifacts.
English Books
Eslite Bookstore
Corner of xinyi and dadong roads. the best selection of english titles in hsinchu.
Caves
Dongda road. a little far out from the downtown area and has limited selection.
National Tsing Hua University
Socrates cafe on campus next to the main library has a good selection of second hand books, including many english titles and a surprising number of french titles too.