Sun Moon Lake · Nightlife

The village lane becomes a small night market after dark: mushroom tempura, boar sausage, millet mochi and tea eggs.

Evening song and dance sets by the Thao, Taiwan's smallest recognised Indigenous group, staged in Ita Thao village.

The Shuishe to Meihe Garden boardwalk stays lit and quiet after dinner, with the pagoda floodlit across the water.

Assam and Ruby No.18 grow on the slopes above the lake. Tea rooms in Ita Thao and Shuishe pour late into the evening.

Little light pollution once the day trippers leave. The Ci'en Pagoda road and Xiangshan deck are the darkest easy spots.