Songshan Cultural and Creative Park > Taipei City > Tourism Administration, Republic of China (Taiwan)

The 6.6-hectares Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei's Xinyi District was completed in 1937 as the Songshan Tobacco Factory, which was one of the seed companies of a monopoly system mandated by the Taiwan Governor-General Office. The premises were one of Taiwan's pioneers of modern industry, as well as the first professional tobacco plant. A gracefully simple Japanese modernist structure, the factory features meticulously crafted face cams, glasswork and bronze nails that made it arguably a "model factory" at that time. When Japan lost the war in 1945, the Taiwan Provincial Monopoly Bureau took over the factory and renamed it, Songshan Tobacco Factory of Taiwan Provincial Monopoly Bureau. The factory ceased production of cigarettes in 1998 for concerns over urban planning, regulatory changes in the tobacco and liquor marketing system, as well as shrinking demand. It became a relic of the past after being merged into the Taipei Cigarette Plant.
In 2001, the Taipei City Government named the tobacco factory the city's 99th historic site and converted it into a park comprising city-designated historic sites (namely the office building, the 1st to 5th warehouses, cigarette plant and boiler room), historical structures (the inspection room, a machinery repair shed and a nursing room) and architectural highlights (the Baroque-style garden, an ecologically landscaped pond, a public bath and a multi-purpose auditorium). For more efficient reuse of space, the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park was built on the historic site as a production base for designers and cultural & creative businesses, as well as a venue for performances and exhibitions. The park introduced to its premises a Taiwan Design Museum and TMSK through partnerships with the Taiwan Design Center and prestigious Taiwanese glasswork label LIULI GONG FANG, respectively, besides a snack bar that was converted from the machinery repair shed.

Travel Information

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Transportation：

Nat'l Fwy 1 → Exit at Yuanshan Interchange → Jianguo Expressway → Exit at Zhongxiao E. Rd. → Sec. 3 to 4, Zhongxiao E. Rd. → → Ln. 553, Sec. 4, Zhongxiao E. Rd.

Public：

Take THSR (or TRA) to Taipei Station, transfer Taipei MRT to Taipei City Hall Station (Exit 1): approx. 650m by foot.
Take THSR (or TRA) to Taipei Station, transfer Taipei MRT to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Station (Exit 5): approx. 850m by foot.
Take Taipei City Bus 212, 232, 240, 270, 299, 600, 919, Zhongxiao Metro Bus to United Daily News stop.

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