Hayashi Department Store

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]

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

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

Level 2 Interior

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
• Kikumoto Department Store: the first department store in Taipei, two days before Hayashi Department Store.
• Yoshii Department Store: the third department store in Kaoshiung. Demolished in 1994.