Tuesday and Friday 09:30-13:00 and 14:00-16:30 nbsp; Free admission; no restrictions on the number of visitors or sessions (closed 13:00-14:00) Saturday Sunday and National holidays 09:30-16:30 open every half an hour; nbsp; Allowing 20 visitors to enter the building at each session; visiting time is 30 minutes; last admission is at 16:00. Visitors may wait in line at the main entrance 5 minutes before each session. A queue ticket may be issued if there is a large crowd. Please follow the guide after entering the building. Closed on: (1) Mondays and Chinese New Year holidays. (2) Non-working days announced by the government due to natural disasters. (3) Necessary closing days as announced by the museum. Erected by Taipei Botanical Garden rsquo;s lotus pond in the early Showa period (1930s) during the Japanese Colonial period the building was originally a tea house. Its former address was ldquo;Land No. 323 6th Street Nanmending Taipei City Taipei Prefecture rdquo; and thereby was later named ldquo;Nanmending 323. rdquo; After years of neglect and lack of upkeep the old Japanese-style building was restored in recent years with the assistance of renowned architects Guo Zhong-Duan and Kenji Horigome. Mr. Motomi Oguchi from Japan rsquo;s Nagano Prefecture who specializes in residential garden design was also invited to design the Japanese rock garden. nbsp; Scheduled tours: Saturdays Sundays and National holidays: one session at 11:00 and 15:00 respectively; each session lasts 30 minutes nbsp;