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Date Posted: 21:56:30 03/20/05 Sun
On Taiwan "foreign language" usually refers to English, especially American English. Sometimes it also refers to Japanese. Publicationsin other languages also exist, but they are "endangered".
Most of the stores mentioned below carries the newspaper "USA Today".
In some stores, "New York Times" and "San Francisco Chronicle" are also available. Check out Tung-hua (Marco Polo) Bookstore at No. 77-1, Section 1, Chung-ching South Road, Taipei, if you are looking for more newspapers from the U.S.
Kuang-tung Department Store for Books at No. 60, Section 1,
Chung-ching South Road, Taipei seems to carry a wide selection for American magazines, including those on computers (PC Magazine, BYTE and even Computer Shopper), fashions, and recreations. Their prices are around 2 to 4 times those in the U.S.
The bookstore which offers probably the widest selection of American publications might be the Cave Books (Tung-huang) at No. 103, Chung-shan North Road, Section 2, Taipei. Another branch of the Cave
Books is nearby, but this branch is for Chinese books only. The branch in Tienmu at No. 5, Lane 38, Tienyu Street might be more convenient for people living in Northern Taipei.
In eastern Taipei you can visit Kinokuniya Bookstore of Taiwan, which is located on the 7th floor of SOGO Department Store at No. 45, Section 4, Chung-hsiao East Road with phone number 886-2-721-2304.
This is probably the largest bookstore in Taiwan which offers a wide selection of Japanese books. It also offers the service to order Japanese books which are not available in the store. Branches of Kinokuniya in Taichung and Kaohsiung are located at
7th Floor, A Building, Chung-you Department Store
No. 161, Section 3, San-min Road, Taichung, Tel: 886-4-225-0695
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10th Floor, Ishitan Ta-lih Department Store
No. 59, Wu Fu San Road, Kaohsiung, Tel: 886-7-272-5120.
Kinokuniya also has another branch in Tienmu area, Taipei. At least the Kinokuniya in eastern Taipei also carries a lot of English books.
Hsin-shueh-you Bookstore (New Schoolmate) at No. 259, Section 1, Tung-hua South Road, Taipei is also in eastern Taipei. It has less collections for American books and Japanese magazines, but it still deserves your visit if you are a lover for American glossy-covered paperback bestsellers. In the basement level there is a small section for DIY materials, including those for autos and gardenings.
Like Kinokuniya, Cave Books and Hsin-shueh-you Bookstore also have branches in Kaohsiung and Taichung. Their addresses are as follows.
Cave Books:
No. 302 Taichung Kang Road, Taichung,
No. 76-78, Wufu-4 Road, Kaohsiung,
Hsin-shueh-you Bookstore:
No. 32 Lyuchuan East Road, Taichung,
No. 18, Chungcheng-2 Road, Kaohsiung;
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