Walking through Taipei’s colonial haunts
If you visit the newly-opened Taiwan Literature Base, don’t forget to explore the other surviving Japanese-style dormitories in the area for a splendid half-day walk
By Han Cheung / Staff reporter
On my way to the newly opened Taiwan Literature Base (台灣文學基地), I began noticing the numerous similarly styled black-tile Japanese houses in the area.
Scattered across the alleys between Huashan 1914 Creative Park and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, a few structures have been immaculately restored and opened to the public, but many more were crumbling behind construction fences or sitting solemnly behind concrete walls guarded by barbed wire and bottle shards.