A night market by the temple that runs till midnight, with an old garment-wholesale district to the south
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Step out of Songshan Station and Ciyou Temple is right there on Section 4 of Bade Road, and Raohe Street Night Market starts right next to the temple. The night market runs from 5pm to midnight, selling not just street food but also clothing, leather shoes, and gold jewellery, and it's now a major spot for foreign tourists to experience Taiwanese street food at night. South of the station is Wufenpu, known for wholesale clothing; lots of people from greater Taipei come here to shop for clothes, and the main lane is Lane 443 on Yongji Road.
Both Taiwan Railway and the MRT Songshan-Xindian Line stop at Songshan Station, so you've got transport options in every direction. For daily shopping, this neighborhood ranks 11th out of Taipei's 73 neighborhoods, and 13th for everyday convenience, so you don't have to go far for shopping or errands.
Based on street photos, this neighborhood ranks 50th for buildings, one of its weaker points. The night market runs until midnight, so if you live near Raohe Street, you'll need to get used to the buzz after dark. To the north, the neighborhood ends at the Keelung River embankment.
This area was formerly called Xikou, a name from the Basay people meaning 'where the river bends'; it wasn't renamed Songshan until 1920. Ciyou Temple's current site was chosen in 1753 and construction finished in 1757, when it was known as Xikou Mazu Temple. Xikou relied on boat traffic along the Keelung River and was once a transfer point for goods coming into Taipei from Keelung and Yilan; later, as the river silted up and Bade Road was widened, business along Raohe Street cooled down. From the 1960s onwards, people from Fangyuan, Changhua County moved north and set up garment factories in Wufenpu. In the 1980s, as wages rose and factories moved offshore, Wufenpu shifted to focus on wholesale instead. In 1987, Raohe Street Night Market opened as Taipei's second tourist night market.
The MRT Circular Line Eastern Section was approved by the Executive Yuan in March 2023, with Y36 Station set at the intersection of Songshan Road and Songlong Road, connecting with Songshan Station for transfers. According to the MRT Bureau's August 2026 update, the planned completion year is 2034, with the actual opening date to be announced after preliminary and final inspections are passed.
Compared with the 73 Taipei neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
NHI-contracted hospitals, public elementary and junior high schools whose catchment covers this area (estimated from the 2026 school-year village/neighborhood catchment table, treating every neighborhood in a village as equal in size; "Shared catchment" means families there can choose between two or more schools), high schools and universities within 1 km, stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores.
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