Taiping Road was rebuilt during Japanese-era urban planning, and its shophouses were given ornate baroque gables decorated with merchant names, family hall names and floral reliefs, forming a continuous run of roughly 600 metres, often cited as one of the longest such streets in Taiwan. Douliu was then the seat of the regional government, and merchants competed to show off their wealth on their facades. Restored, it remains a working local shopping street and looks especially fine when lit at night.
Architecture
Baroque facadesJapanese-era
Themes
Japanese era
Getting there
Where
Taiping Road, Douliu City, Yunlin
Getting there
TRA Douliu Station, ~10 min walk
Time needed
1–2 hours
Best time
Toward evening and at night when the lights are on
