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Completed in 1932 by Japanese entrepreneur Eiji Shigeta (重田榮治), it was the first modern department store in Taiwan, and also featured the first public elevator. The exterior was renovated to feature glass curtains sometime in the 1970s, making the building appear not so old, but as of 2024 a full restoration effort is planned.
It is unclear whether or not the building was equipped with a rooftop Shinto shrine as with Hayashi (林百貨) in Tainan and Yoshii (吉井百貨) in Kaohsiung, the other two great department stores of the Japanese colonial era.
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Recorded On
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- See Zine (晰誌)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
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.