蜻蜓雅筑

I saw this beads in a museum shop in Taipei and confirmed with my wife that they were the kind of thing she liked. I thought this would make an interesting trip.I caught the train to Pingtung, and then got the 8233 bus (there are a number of 82xx buses that you could use) to the Sandimen township office stop 三地門鄉公所 (about 100 minutes, NT98). I bought the bus ticket from ticket office in the bus depot a short distance along the road from the railway station. It was helpful to have the Chinese address of the place I wanted to go.The bus goes across flat land for over an hour, then slowly climbs up into the mountains for about 10 mins before stopping. It drives into the township office compound, so you'll know when you are there (note thatbefore cl imbing the mountains my bus also drove into a Sandimen bus depot down on the flats a few stops prior so wait until you reach the mountains).From township office, you walk back down the hill for a few minutes. It took me a couple of attempts to find the studio - I asked some shop owners for help. You'll go past a few restaurant/bar places and come to a tight "hairpin" bend. The art studio is in the hairpin - entered down a long driveway going inwards to your right from the apex of the hairpin.The staff at the shop were very helpful, and helped my wife (via a Skype video call) choose the necklaces that she liked. A class of children were leaving as I arrived - I understand that one can book bead-making lessons as the other Japanese reviewer noted. Nice necklaces of either traditional (dull finish) or modern (shiny glass) were about NT1000.I also bought some smaller beads from a handicraft shop up the road - again the owner and his wife helpfully let me do the "proxy shopping" thing and like the art studio gave me a discount that I didn't ask for!I was a bit short of time, but would have liked to have spent longer in the area - I think there were more things to see and it would have been good to have spent a night. Several people including shop keepers and bus drivers went out of their way to help me and that made a big difference to my enjoyment of the day.For some reason the ticket back was a bit cheaper (NT78) - maybe because of the different bus route or because it didn't have airconditioning?Consider taking insect repellent and maybe even a small torch if you will be out after dark.

屏東駅から8228号のバスが三地門行きで出ています。１つ手前の水門の町で降りて縊寮渓の河にかかる橋（２つのうちどちらでもOK）を渡って、山道の中正路一段を1km以上登って行くと左手にセブンイレブンが見えてみます。そのセブンイレブンに辿り着く50m手前の小道を30m下るとこちらの工房の門が見えて来ます。　私は地元の人が皆「歩くには遠い」と言うので白タク120元で行って貰いましたが、現地の人々に「ぼられている」と言われたので８０元が妥当かと思います。山道を登るのを思えば100元でも良いかな、でも下山にお金払う必要はないかなあと思います。　さて、こちらの工房では１つ200元からで自分でトンボ玉を作る体験が出来ます。台湾の言葉で「体験コーナー」のことを「DIYディーアイワイ」と言います。　ちょっとの英語を話す人が居る位で殆ど中国語ですが、でも皆さん本当に親切でした。　今回は初めてと言う事も有ったので、ちゃんとそれぞれに意味を持つ少数民族の模様を忠実に作らせてもらいました。　大量に色を使わないなら色を自由にするのはいいとのことでした。　次回は是非、虎柄で挑戦してみたいです。　１粒200元かーと思ったのですが、凄く丁寧に指導してくれて、最後には見事な手さばきで腕輪や首輪の紐を巻き付けて世界に一つしか無い自分のオリジナルを仕上げてくれます。見るだけなら無料です。　やってみると結構難しかったり、勢い良く上がるガスバーナーの炎にビビりましたが出来上がりを見ると、良い体験をさせてもらったなあーと嬉しくなりました。　来年もまた来て挑戦したいと思います！