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Sakamoto, temple dragons and dinner in Dalongdong

Taipei Fine Arts Museum → Baoan Temple → Dalong Street Night Market

A falling drop makes circular ripples on dark water; white margins remain beside the portrait photograph.

Ryuichi Sakamoto + Shiro Takatani, water state 1 (2013). Tokyo exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2024. Photograph: 丸尾隆一. ©2024 KAB Inc.; published by TFAM. Editorial use.

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Why this order

Begin with sound filling a museum room. Then cross to Baoan Temple, where rival teams of artisans worked opposite sides of the building. Compare what each of you notices over dinner.

Your afternoon and evening

Suggestion: 14:00–16:45 museum, 17:10–17:50 temple, 18:00 dinner. Allow about five hours; walks between stops total 1.6 km, plus the station approach and return. Stay longer at the museum if you like. For reserved Saturday 17:00, 18:00 or 19:00 free entry, visit the temple and eat early before the museum; follow your ticket’s check-in deadline.

Allow 15 minutes for the roughly 800-metre walk from Yuanshan MRT through Expo Park to TFAM. After dinner, Dalong Street to the station is about 670 metres; allow 12 minutes. Each stop has a directions link.

  1. Stop 1

    TFAM: leave time for sound

    Taipei Fine Arts Museum

    Book an afternoon slot for Seeing Sound, Hearing Time. Entry around 14:00 leaves two or three hours to listen before the walk. The printed hour is an entry window, not a viewing limit. General admission NT$30; Saturday 17:00, 18:00 and 19:00 slots offer NT$0 tickets, which still require checkout. Check in at the south entrance.

    Directions to Taipei Fine Arts Museum
    See MAAGIC first ↗Reserve entry on OPENTIX ↗
    Right now:October 31–March 14. Tuesday–Friday and Sunday 09:30–17:30; Saturday until 20:30. Closed Monday; reservation required.

    Yuanshan MRT, then a walk through Taipei Expo Park

    We wrote about this: Ryuichi Sakamoto: sound happens in a room

  2. Stop 2

    Baoan Temple: rival artisans, one building

    Walk — About 1.35 km west from TFAM; allow 25 minutes on foot.

    At 61 Hami Street, spend 30–45 minutes with the woodcarving and colourful ceramic fragments on the roof. During the 1917 renovation, teams worked on opposite sides in a craft competition known as duichangzuo. Look at how each side handles its work. This is a working temple: give worshippers room and leave carvings untouched. Free, daily 06:00–21:00.

    Directions to Baoan Temple ↗
    Right now:Daily 06:00–21:00, free.

  3. Stop 3

    Dalong Street: choose a dish each

    Walk — About 230 metres from the temple; allow five minutes.

    Reach Dalong Street around 18:00 for rice, noodles and dessert. Stalls keep their own hours and menu prices. Take turns choosing rather than asking one person to plan dinner again. Yuanshan MRT is about 670 metres away; allow 12 minutes after eating.

    Directions to Dalong Street Night Market ↗