Accept hardship gladly and enjoy the process
Practice of Social Enterprise
Walk into Sanxia, Discover its Vitality and Energy
We returned to our hometown in 2006 and saw that, like many other cities and towns in Taiwan, it was evolving rapidly because of urban development, and the precious ethos of the land, such as the cultures, education and environment, were also vanishing rapidly. “What can we do?” This was all happening too quickly and we were caught off guard, but we also began to wonder if it was possible to plant a seed of hope for our hometown and this land of Taiwan. Thus, CAN Culture, Art & Nature was established in 2010. We renovated a vacant centennial house and began to run KOUJI Restaurant, HIDEKAWA Domestic Soybean Products, HAKSIP Village, and Grass Book House and Green Grass Occupational School for people to get to know Sanxia again through the aspects of food, tourism, leaning, creation and love, as well as for creating the most sincere living connections between people. We have not forgotten our original intentions and beliefs along the journey. We have continued to spread beautiful stories of this land, devoting ourselves in establishing a foundation without hesitation to make impacts silently, because we hope to bring to this land more positive energy, courage and sunlight. Every CAN event that you take part in will become a drive of sustainable and cycling feedback.
HAKSIP Village
New life is given to the old hospital by Sanxia Old Street, i.e. Ailin Hospital, and craft culture, quality food shop and occupational school are connected for travelers and children to “haksip (learn)” together and discover the unique value of life.
KOUJI Restaurant / HIDEKAWA Domestic Soybean Products
A centennial house and an old hospital were renovated to establish KOUJI Restaurant and HIDEKAWA Domestic Soybean Products, for making creative cuisines and handmade desserts. Create living connections between the people through delicacies.
CAN Fun
Sanxia has Qing Shui Zushi Temple, which is the palace of oriental art, Baroque-style Old Street, and the Li Mei-Shu Memorial Gallery, in which all of these show its profound history, humanities and cultures. Through the Shokunin DIY Experience, follow us into Sanxia and feel the most sincere interaction between the people in the community.
Placemaking
Exploit Sanxia’s cultural heritage, inject culture and creativity into the craft, space and products, and develop placemaking of Sanxia.
Grass Book House & Green Grass Occupational School
Return to hometown to accompany high-risk children, establish craft foundations and take part in the river clean-up operation in the hopes of bringing this land more positive energy, courage and sunlight.
CAN Recommendations
The most popular products
Le-Shan Pottery Workshop - the best traditional pottery culture in Taiwan, Taipei
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Indigo Dyeing DIY Experience Activities - Taiwan popular one-day tour in Taipei Sanxia
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Cha-Shan-Fang Handmade Soap - Taipei best DIY Experience Activities in Sanxia
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Cultural & Creative Designs
Community Space Design ,Brands Design ,Books Design
Le-Hsin Postpartum Care Center - Taiwan brand design
This is the best choice for happy and safe postpartum care.
The shape of the bird represents comfort and ease. The round outline gives the overall vision a sense of content and completeness. When we were initially thinking about the design, five major conditions were used for the inspiration and extension of the general logo: ease, joy, content, comfort and protection.
HIDEKAWA Domestic Soybean Products - Taiwan brand design
A natural soy food store - breaks the cycle of disadvantage.
HIDEKAWA is a brand that represents Taiwan. A great deal of traditional Chinese characters is used on the product packages to convey the features of each product through the changes in the fonts. In addition to selling safe soybean products, HIDEKAWA has also inherited the mission of carrying forward the beauty of traditional Chinese characters.
Postcards: Come to Sanxia! - Taiwan graphic design
This set of Sanxia postcards are based on the featured products and culture of Sanxia.
This set of Sanxia postcards are based on the featured products and culture of Sanxia. The set includes six patterns: Biluochun, Oldham Bamboo Shoot, Indigo Dyeing, Old Street, Arch Bridge, and Zushih Temple. The base card has front- and back-side patterns and a sticker.
“CAN Sanxia” – Vision of Huashan Market - Taiwan community design
A brand has been born based on the regional culture of Sanxia, for everyone to truly feel the sincere and simple life of the people in Sanxia.
The objectives of this market planning is to consolidate craft shokunins of feature industries in Sanxia, think about how to integrate existing cultural and creative resources, and introduce innovative designs, image videos and regional cultural tours for traditional crafts to come back with a brand new appearance.
