🚉 [輕旅行系列] 慵懶台南 #6 林百貨 🚉 [Travel Around Taiwan] Enchanting Tainan #6 Hayashi Department Store

“On December 5th, 1932, Hayashi Department Store opened and thus a modern age of Taiwanese culture began.”

This is stated on the website of Tainan’s Hayashi Department Store. It was restored and brought back to live again in 2013 so we get to see this elegant historical building again today. We of course took the chance to see it with our own eyes when we were in Tainan.

“1932年12月5日，林百貨開幕，開啟台灣文明的摩登時代。” ～這是台南林百貨官網的介紹。這間典雅的歷史建築，直到2013年才重新修復並恢復其往日風華，我們也才有幸在今日重睹其風采。我們的台南行，在有限時間裡，也去了一趟逛逛，體驗一下這當年名滿府城的『林百貨』！

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Let’s go inside and check out the floors!

進去看看百貨內部吧，走遍各樓層看看去！

On the fourth floor, there is a event hall and a Japanese style cafe. It’s more than just a department store!

四樓有藝文展演空間，以及一間日式風格咖啡，文化味看來在這間百貨內非常濃厚呢！

This place is the first building in Taiwan’s history to have elevator system. That was back in 1932. Tainan people at that time would come to this department store only to have a look at this fancy new stuff!!

林百貨是台灣第一棟有電梯的建築物，當時是1932年，已經是八十多年前。當時的台南居民，常常相約到這裡來逛逛，只為了看看那新奇的『流籠』（當時的稱呼）！

Or if you prefer stairs, their staircase is also very beautiful and elegantly designed.

如果你不想搭電梯，樓梯間也很美，陽光灑落，古典的建築結構，非常迷人。

Keep going up to the semi-open space fifth floor, here you can find some stores offering food.

繼續往上走是五樓，半開放空間，賣些吃的東西。

Actually you can go further up to the top floor, where you can see the panorama view of the city. The design of the architecture is very innovative, check out the photos below to get a feeling.