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A historic 1930s department store (林百貨店) revitalized in the new millennium. It still has classic charm and there are a number of interesting features of the building including a Shinto shrine on the rooftop (林百貨樓頂末廣神社) established in either June 1932 or May 1933. Additionally, some damage from allied bombing and strafing in World War 2 has been preserved. An essential stop when visiting Tainan.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
Sources
- Kaneko Nobuya, Japanese Deities Overseas, Yeren Publishing House, 2020 金子展也，《遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查》，野人，2020
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
Connections
- Yoshii Department Store (吉井百貨)
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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.