Changhua Roundhouse / 彰化の扇形庫 / 扇形車庫

這裡是彰化的扇形車庫。是日治時代的遺產，但還是在用的。雖然是在使用的可是中午觀光客可以進去參觀！

Here are some photos from Changhua (彰化) City's old roundhouse.  This roundhouse is a Japanese-period structure that is still in use today.  Amazingly enough, despite being an active roundhouse, it's also open to tourists during the day!

This is one of the coolest places I've been to in Taiwan, and the weather was gorgeous, so I thought I was going to have a lot to say.  But now that it comes time to write, I'm finding I don't have much to say except that you should definitely go here and check it out.  Even if you're not super into trains it's still pretty cool.

彰化（ジャンホァ）に行って扇形庫に訪れてみた。これは日本時代にできた建物だが、未だに使用されている。しかも、使っているのに、昼間には観光客は入場できる！

We walk around the outer side...

外側を通って、、、

柴油機！

...and bump into our first engines!

デーゼル車に遭遇した。

Dangerous stuff

危険そうなタンク

衣服在曬。好笑。

Someone's laundry

横の洗濯物はウケる

轉車台！看這個我就想起來了湯瑪士小火車。

And here's the turntable!  I'm hearing the Thomas the Tank Engine theme in my head as I type this.

転車台！トーマスを懐かしく思い出す。

也有幾台蒸汽機車！

There are a couple of old steam trains here too!

機関車もあった！

上面的號碼很可愛！

The numbers on the roof are really stylish.

番号が結構おしゃれだと思う。

扇形車庫離線路很近。不讓觀光客走到線路上的，只有一個坐在折疊椅上的歐吉桑而已。有時候他會站起來告訴人「那裡不能進去喔！」

The train in the back is actually traveling.  Like I said, this is an active roundhouse, so it's connected to the rails nearby.  The security measures were pretty laughable to.  There was basically just one old guy sitting in a folding chair who would get up occasionally and warn some tourists that they were straying to close to the active rails.

奥の電車は実際に走っている。ここの扇形庫と転車台は未だに使われているので、すぐ隣に線路が通っている。観光客を守っていたのはパイプ椅子に座っていたおじさん一人だけだった。時々立ち上がって「あそこは立ち入り禁止だよ！」とか観光客に言ったりしよった。

I'd never realized before, but the turntable itself has a rail too.

転車台にも線路があるのだ。なるほど。

A Japanese-era relic behind the basketball court.

後面的建築看起來也是日治時代的。

So be on your best behavior.

出來就碰到廟會。

As I walked out, this temple procession went by.

出たら、廟のイベントが前を通過していた。

旁邊有宿舍。

Japanese-era houses, probably built as dorms for the railway workers.

扇形庫の隣に日本時代の宿舎があった。

There's all sorts of neat, old structures in this area.

The wall appears to have just fallen right off.

何があっただろう！？

I took some photos over a high wall.  I was just holding my camera up and couldn't see what I was doing.

塀に囲まれている建物があって、後で「農会」の建物だとわかった。

這裡是農會。外面都是牆包圍的。我把相機舉起來拍照所以我看不到我拍什麼。

A totally abandoned-looking bar with a brand-new sign.

Wall art

農会の塀に書いてあった絵。

It turned out that the walled compound with the art was a farming association property.

結束了！

The end!

終わり！