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屏東大和旅社／屏東大和ホテル

Pingtung Yamato Hotel

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Pingtung Yamato Hotel (屏東大和旅社)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 9
Shutter Speed
1/500 sec
Focal Length
22.0 mm
ISO
400
Exposure Value
15.3 EV
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An initial look at the old hotel in 2015.

Established by Chen Liang (陳量) around 1936. His eldest son, Chen Renhe (陳仁和), went on to become a prominent architect and is commonly credited with designing this hotel despite being a teenager at the time. In the post-war period it was renamed Dacheng Hotel (大成旅社). It finally shut down in 1999 and the building was repurposed for other businesses. It was then registered as a heritage building in 2014 and neatly restored.

Pingtung Yamato Hotel (屏東大和旅社)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II
Aperture
ƒ / 9
Shutter Speed
1/320 sec
Focal Length
21.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
14.7 EV
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Additional barriers had gone up by 2018.
Pingtung Yamato Hotel (屏東大和旅社)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II
Aperture
ƒ / 7.1
Shutter Speed
1/200 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
13.3 EV
Download
3600 × 2400
A closer look at the conditions of the hotel in 2018.

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  • Status:Private (私有)
  • Heritage designation:Historic Building (歷史建築)
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Series: Southern Taiwan Ride 2018

Dispatches from a weeklong bicycle trip around southern Taiwan in late 2018. I began the ride in Tainan, crossed into Qishan, headed into the mountainous interior as far as Liugui, did a loop through Pingtung, and finished around Zuoying, visiting the sites of nearly 25 old movie theaters. Many entries remain to be added; this series is far from over.

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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex

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.

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