Chiayi's Japanese Heritage / 日本が残っている嘉義 / 在嘉義看日本

過年放假時我去嘉義玩。嘉義有一些日治時代的建築。第一個是監牢。現在變成「獄政博物館」。

During the Lunar New Years holiday I went on a day trip up to Chiayi (嘉義, pronounced "Jya Ee").  It was called "Kagi" (same Chinese characters, but pronounced "kah gee" with a hard "g") in the Japanese era.  Where going to look at some Japanese era buildings now.

旧お正月の休みに嘉義に遊びに行った。最初に訪れたのはこの元牢獄、「獄政博物館」。

The first place I went to was this former jail that has been turned into a museum.

很可惜我沒有查好，到了才知道過年沒有開放。結果我只參觀外面而已。

It looks pretty impressive from the outside, right?  Unfortunately, I didn't plan ahead (always a bad idea) and I found out once I had arrived there that it was closed for the holidays, so I only have these photos of the outside.

外観はすごい！残念ながら、それしか紹介できない。ちゃんと調べずに行ってしまったので、着いたら正月休みの関係で開放していないことが分かった。

旁邊有老房子。看起來日治時代的。我猜以前是監牢員工的宿舍。

Nearby was a community whose houses appeared to have been made in the Japanese era.  They may have been dorms for people working in the prison at one point.

近くに古い家が集まっている。おそらく以前の牢獄で働いている人のための宿舎だったかもしれない。

嘉義公園

To Chiayi Park!

There's a temple in the park, but that's not our goal.

Our goal is at the end of this long path.

嘉義公園の中にこのまっすぐな道があって、、、

Just beyond these two statues...

日式的燈籠很多！

...a row of stone lanterns?

道の両側に灯篭がいっぱいある。

以前在公園裡有一座神社。

They have various names on them.

These lanterns are here because there used to be a Japanese shrine here.

灯篭がここにあるのは、以前神社があったからだ。

現在是華式的門，可是原本這裡有一個很大的鳥居。

There was a big torii gate here back in the day, though it's been replaced with this Chinese-style gate.

今は中華式の門があるが、以前はここに鳥居があった。

神社看到了。

We can see the roof of the shrine.

神社の屋根が見えてきた。

「手水舍」。進去神社前，先在這裡洗手。

The purification well where people would wash their hands before entering the shrine's grounds.

以前の手水舎

雖然很厲害，可是這不是本館。其實本館已經燒掉了沒有。這裡原本是神社的辦公室。只是辦公室而已可是還是非常漂亮！

This impressive building actually was not the main building of the shrine.  (That building burned down in 1994.)  This was the shrine's office, which is why it's to the side of the path with the stone lanterns instead of right at the end of it.

本館は残念に消失してしまった。これは社務所。それでも結構立派な建物だ！

This is, without a doubt, one of the most impressive wooden buildings in Taiwan.

More guardians.

神社的另外一座建築。

Another shrine building.

他の神社関係の建物。

裝起來是木作的，但是水泥！

On closer look, it's not actually wood!  It's concrete, but it's been made to look like wood.

木材に見えるが、近くで見たらコンクリートで出来ていることが分かってくる。

This small, concrete building looks over the office.

以前這裡也有神社的建築，可是沒有了只有台子殘留。

Another shrine-related structure.  The building that was on this pedestal is long gone.

ここにも何かがあったが、台しか残っていない。