Prostitution is legal and regulated. Brothels and prostitutes have to be licensed. Throughout the city, there are clubs, barbershops, dance halls, bars and massage parlours all featuring prostitution. One center of these is the area of Chung Shan North Road.
Streetwalkers are rare.
In Taipei, there's some going on adjacent to Lungshan Temple near Wanhua. There has been a crackdown on barber shops and unlicensed brothels in Taipei in September 1996, which led to a huge demonstration of owners who complained of being forced out of business.