Now we visit a charming bookstore in the mountains of Hsinchu. The couple who run this hidden gem in Beipu have quite a story about its inception. They came upon the house by accident, while they were searching for their beloved dog after a typhoon. It all began on a hike in the mountains.

Mr. Chen
Bookstore owner
On holidays, I often go to Wuzhi Mountain. My wife and I both love nature. When we went up there, a dog came up to us as soon as we parked the car.

Mr. Chen and his wife made friends with a stray dog on Wuzhi Mountain, and often went up there to give him food. They even gave him a name.

Mr. Chen
Bookstore owner
He is brown with streaks of black. And we love coffee, so we named him Mocha.

But the couple’s happy days with Mocha didn’t last long. After a typhoon, they searched everywhere for him, ending up in Beipu in Hsinchu. There, they fell in love with the quaint mountain town.

Mr. Chen
Bookstore owner
We drove over from the cabin on Wuzhi Mountain, and happened to stop in front of this house. And there was a little note, saying “For sale,” with a phone number. We could see it was an old house, and we both love the feel of old houses like this. There’s a big tree next to it too, which made us like it even more. So that’s how fate brought us together with this house.

The couple upped and relocated to Beipu, and now run a small bookstore and cafe there. They have never found Mocha, but every day they wake up in the house that he helped them find.

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