JAPAN in Taiwan ~the Japan colonization~

Hi there! I took a bit early summer vacation and visited Taiwan in early July. Taiwan is a big Japanophile place and they love Japanese people and things so much. I visited there for the second time and I really loved it once again. This time, I visited not only the capital city Taipei, but also Tainan taking a bullet train which was constructed with the support of Japanese railway system and technology.

七月の頭に早めの夏休暇を取って台湾へ行ってきました。台湾はとても親日的なところで、今回で二度目の訪問となりますが、台湾の皆さんの優しさにまた癒されました。今回は台北だけではなく、日本の技術を導入して建設された高鐡=新幹線を利用して台南へも足を伸ばしました。

Yes! Tainan Night!

そして迎えた台南ナイト。

This classically beautiful architecture  is a Japanese department store, called Hayashi department store which was built in the era of Japanese colonization. The interior is chic also. Japanese colonization back in 1895-1945 worked so well in Taiwan and people there love Japan and Japanese so much up until now.

浮かび上がる林百貨店は、日本統治時代に建てられた歴史あるクラシックで洒落たデパートです。内装も素敵。1895年から1945年までの日本植民地政策は非常に台湾では好意的に受け止められ、いまでも日本と日本人のことを台湾の人々はとても慕ってくれているのです。

Tainan city was filled with green and the air was so refreshing. I walked around old towns and found plenty of photogenic sights.

台南の街には緑が溢れていて、清々しい空気が良かった。老街(ラオジェ)という古くからの街並みを散策しましたが、いちいち絵になる風景が広がっておりシャッターを切るのに忙しい。

There were many street vendors and they were selling various kinds of Japanese toys such as Totoro or Super Mario or Doraemon. They do love Japan from the bottom of their hearts!

露店が沢山あって、トトロやマリオやドラえもんのフィギアやおもちゃが沢山売られていました。日本に対する憧れの強さを感じずにはいられません。

And even deeper nostalgia hit me when I came across this movie theater. Back in the days when I was a junior high school student, movie theaters in Japan also did have such huge hand painted sign boards but not anymore!

そしてノスタルジーの高まりは、こんなところにも。

昔、私が中学生の頃には日本の映画館でも、大きな手描きのグロテスクな程に写実的な看板があったものです。台湾に行って懐かしい日本に再会する。今回の旅はそんな旅でした。次回に続きます。

I felt as if I met long lost friends in Taiwan. To be continued…

Yamakasa, UNESCO world heritage

JAPAN inTaiwan ~the railway system~

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