Opening its doors in 1934, the Hayashi department store was situated in what was then the most prosperous area of Tainan: Suehirocho (today’s Zhongzheng Road business district). Five stories high, ...

A poster for Tainan’s Hayashi Department Store (林百貨) that features drawings of important artistic figures has attracted attention on social media after the store posted it on Facebook earlier this ...

Tainan’s historic Hayashi Department Store is one of 10 Grand Award winners in this year’s Design for Asia (DFA) Awards, winning the prize for most influential landmark in Asia. The DFA Awards is the ...

Taiwanese society began to move towards modern consumerism in the 1930s, when department stores of unprecedented size opened their doors, offering access to a dazzling variety of merchandise. The ...