Ximending
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Ximending (Traditional Chinese: 西門町; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīméndīng; Wade-Giles: Hsi-men-ting; Taiwanese POJ: Se-mn̂g-teng; Romaji: Semoncho) is an attraction of the Wanhua District of Taipei. The historical spelling of this area was Hsimenting, which is based on the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese. The use of the character 町 (chō) is unusual in a Chinese context; it is part of a ward in the Japanese municipality system.
Ximending is one of Taipei's primary shopping districts, and serves as a center of counter-culture and trendy shopping, and is Taipei's main movie theater district. Trend-conscious young people spend a lot of time in this area, which boasts cinemas, CD shops, coffee houses and tattoo parlors.
