Shoe Capital Tourist Factory Introduction
Once, Taiwan had thousands of shoe factories and tens of thousands of workers in the shoe industry. With the meticulous craftsmanship of the shoemakers, Taiwan built a glorious kingdom of shoemaking. In response to labor costs and the trend of globalization, the Taiwanese shoe industry has shifted towards global development. The mission of the Shoe Technology Center at its founding was to assist the Taiwanese shoe industry in transformation and upgrading, moving towards technological research and development and creative value addition, enhancing Taiwan's competitive strength on the world stage. Over the years, the Shoe Technology Center has focused on cultivating the shoe industry, starting from shoe technology and incorporating "human-centered" care and thinking, applying aesthetic design to give shoes more fashionable styles, integrating foot health and technology, and helping more people find their own comfortable footwear. Our goal is to enable people to move, move well, and move faster. Now, we uphold a passionate, diligent, and sincere attitude, dedicated to the cultural inheritance, talent cultivation, and promotion of Taiwan's shoe industry, hoping to make more people understand Taiwanese footwear, infusing the industry with the energy of tourist factories. We have established the "Shoe Treasure Tourist Factory," the only one in the country focused on traditional Taiwanese shoemaking while integrating modern high-tech innovative design and research and development technology, serving as a joyful space for education, tourism, and recreation. We welcome your visit! Opening Hours: Visits by appointment, with the center closed on Tuesdays. Address: No. 11, Industrial Zone 8th Rd., Xitun District, Taichung City Contact phone: 04-23505773 Text and images provided by the Taichung City Industry Story Museum Development Association.
