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Faded · Zhongzheng District, Taipei

Kyōmachi-dōri (Boai Road)

台北京町通 · 京町、博愛路

Japanese-era Kyōmachi, now Taipei's camera street

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The story

Kyōmachi was a district inside the old Taipei walls; Boai Road was its main 'Kyōmachi-dōri', a prime shopping street next to Sakaechō, with the Kikumoto department store on the corner. After the war Boai Road filled with camera shops and became known to photographers as 'Camera Street'. Only scattered arcades and facades remain.

Architecture
Japanese-eraArcades
Themes
Japanese era

Getting there

Where
Around Boai Road and Wuchang Street Section 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei
Getting there
MRT NTU Hospital or Ximen Station, ~5 min walk
Time needed
Under 1 hour
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