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A Hsinchu glass afternoon: foam, furnaces, Spring Pool

Windlivehouse → Glass Museum → Spring Pool

White glass forms run diagonally over grey concrete. Porous stems rise from rounded discs, one opens into a hollow cup, and long shadows fall to the right.

Work: Yoshiaki Kojiro. Image supplied by the 2026 Hsinchu City Glass Art Festival, published in VERSE. Editorial use.

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Why this order

See what glass can become, then meet the city's making history. Finish at Spring Pool, where the same material becomes something to use and live with.

Plan it

Suggestion: Windlivehouse at 13:00, Glass Museum at 14:15, Spring Pool at 15:30 until about 16:45. Adjust for how long you want with the work; Spring Pool's café closes at 17:00.

Allow 15 minutes for the 823-metre walk from TRA Hsinchu to Windlivehouse, then three minutes for the 140 metres between venues. From HSR Hsinchu, take the Liujia line to TRA Hsinchu first.

  1. Stop 1

    Start with unruly material

    Windlivehouse · GLASS AGE

    Kojiro lets glass foam, expand and collapse; Sasaki burns plants away, leaving ash and bubbles. Allow an hour to follow these changes, longer if you want.

    White glass forms run diagonally over grey concrete. Porous stems rise from rounded discs, one opens into a hollow cup, and long shadows fall to the right.

    Work: Yoshiaki Kojiro. Image supplied by the 2026 Hsinchu City Glass Art Festival, published in VERSE. Editorial use.

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    Directions to Windlivehouse · GLASS AGE
    Right now:October 17–November 15. Tuesday–Friday 09:00–17:00; weekends until 18:00. Closed Monday.

    Allow 15 minutes on foot from TRA Hsinchu

    We wrote about this: Glass foams. Hsinchu gives it room.

  2. Stop 2

    The museum: Hsinchu's makers

    Glass Museum · HSINCHU GLASS AGE

    Walk — About 140 metres; allow three minutes.

    Begin with 林啟燦's East Gate, then see this year's 22 Golden Glass Award-winning works. Connect the material experiments to the work of Hsinchu's craftspeople.

    Directions to Glass Museum · HSINCHU GLASS AGE
    Right now:October 17–November 15. Tuesday–Friday 09:00–17:00; weekends until 18:00. Closed Monday.

    Allow 15 minutes on foot from TRA Hsinchu

  3. Stop 3

    Spring Pool Glass Studio, Hsinchu

    Walk — About 83 metres; allow two minutes.

    Browse Galas and glass objects at Spring Pool, or sit down for coffee. The café has a one-drink minimum, takes cash and closes at 17:00. Glassmaking needs a separate reservation.

    A sunlit curved wooden table holds coloured glasses, clear lucky-cat containers and small glass spoons.

    Spring Pool Glass Studio + The POOL / Accupass.

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    Directions to Spring Pool Glass Studio, Hsinchu
    Right now:Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–17:30; closed Mondays. Arrive before 5pm for the café.

    About one kilometre / 15 minutes from TRA Hsinchu Station

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