庭口金工 Tinco 朴子店
Puzi, Chiayi County
Tinco Metalwork Puzi (庭口金工 朴子店) is the original branch of this jewellery-and-cats studio, set among the restored Japanese-era houses of the Shuidaotou creative cluster in Puzi City, Chiayi County. The wooden house is small, half metal workshop and half Japanese-style tearoom with only four tables, and the resident cats wander freely between the two. Shoes come off at the entrance, and diners order by QR code. Silver ring workshops can be booked, with a teacher guiding you through the piece; the studio also makes jewellery, tableware and wedding rings to order. The tearoom serves taiyaki, rice-cake skewers, pudding, sundaes, pasta, coffee and tea at modest prices. With its few tables and the cats napping around the workbenches, it is a quiet place for a slow afternoon. Parking is easy nearby.