Former red-light district established in the 1920s. A canal running along what is now Bao’an Street divided the district into Japanese and Taiwanese sections, with the Japanese area to the north. The system continued into the post-war period, and the last officially licensed brothel in the district quietly closed in 2015. Zhenhua Garden (真花園), The last century-old brothel at 19 Kangle Road (康樂街19號), was demolished in 2004.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
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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.