Nippon Kangyo Bank Tainan Branch

Date Captured

February 8th, 2017 at 09:15 UTC

Camera

NIKON D3100

Lens

AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II

Aperture

ƒ / 10

Shutter Speed

1/400 sec

Focal Length

30.0 mm

ISO

200

Exposure Value

15.3 EV

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An impressive bank building completed in 1937, designed by the bank’s own architectural division and built by Shimizu Corporation (清水組). Its Egyptian-inspired colonnade with fluted Doric-style columns and chrysanthemum motifs is nearly identical to the Taipei branch next to 228 Peace Park. Diagonally opposite Hayashi Department Store (林百貨), the building lost its west-facing colonnade to a 1983 road widening. Designated a municipal monument in 1998, it continues to operate as the Taiwan Land Bank Tainan Branch (臺灣土地銀行台南分行).