Not much is known about Byōritsu-za (苗栗座), the first Japanese colonial era theater in Miaoli City. It was presumably destroyed not long after the war as it doesn’t seem any other theater was built in its place, and there seems to be no relation to Miaoli Theater (苗栗戲院), which was further south.
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Note: this location has vanished. Any information presented here is only for reference.
提醒：此地點已消失，本文僅供參考用途。
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- Status:Vanished (已消失)
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Links
- Cultural Heritage Map of Old Theaters in Taiwan (臺灣老戲院文史地圖)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Theaters in Taiwan (台灣老戲院)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.