Puli Taiwan Experimental Forest Office

A Japanese colonial era wooden office building in Puli, Nantou, built in 1917 to administer a university research forest at today’s Huisun Forest (惠蓀林場) in Ren’ai. The forest was under the stewardship of Hokkaido Imperial University (北海道帝國大學); in the post-war period this passed to National Chung Hsing University (國立中興大學), which ran its experimental forest management office here until 1954. Framed in timber and roofed with the diamond-shaped metal tiles characteristic of Hokkaido, the building was damaged in the 921 Earthquake and later repaired, gaining heritage registration in 2011. It was briefly open to the public but seems shuttered as of late 2026.