Hayashi Department Store

Hayashi Department Store

林百貨
Location	West Central, Tainan, Taiwan
Coordinates	22°59′30.5″N 120°12′09.0″E
Opening date	14 June 2014
Architect	department store
No. of floors	6
Website	Official website

Level 1 Interior

Lift inside department store

Level 5 Podium and shops

The Hayashi Department Store (traditional Chinese: 林百貨; simplified Chinese: 林百货; pinyin: Línbǎihuò) is a department store in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.[1]

History

Hayashi Department Store (Japanese: ハヤシ百貨店, Hepburn: Hayashi Hyakkaten), commonly called "Five-story Building" (Chinese: 五層樓仔; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gō͘-chàn-lâu-á), was situated in Suehirochō (末廣町), Tainan City, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan. It was originally completed and opened on 5 December 1932, during Japanese rule. Upon completion, the building was one of two such stores in Taiwan with state-of-the-art features of elevators. The building was bombed by the United States airplanes at the end of World War II. After refurbishment, the building began to be restored in 2006.[2] It was finally reopened on 14 June 2014 in a ceremony presided by Tainan Mayor William Lai.[3]

Architecture

The department store is a five-story building.[4] It features exhibitions on local farming culture and handicraft on the top floor. There is also Western-style cafeterias and an observation deck.

Transportation

The department store is accessible within walking distance south west of Tainan Station of Taiwan Railways.

See also

• List of tourist attractions in Taiwan

References

1. Chen, Jing-wen (11 May 2017). "9 attractions in Tainan and Kaohsiung that might entice you with their old-world charm". asia one. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
2. "Hayashi Department Store". roundTAIWANround. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
3. "Iconic Hayashi Department Store reopens in Tainan". Taiwan Today. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
4. "Hayashi Department Store(原林百貨)". Travel Tainan. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

External links

• Official website