What you see now is the two-story "Wa-Yo Setchu" style building of the Savings Bank of Taiwan Tainan Branch. The architectural features include traditional Japanese wooden construction, Japanese black tiles, and rainboards, with the exterior adding Western-style column designs. During the Japanese colonial period from 1895 to 1945, Taiwan's architectural styles were broadly categorized into modern Japanese-style and Western-style architecture. Modern Japanese-style architecture retained the essence of traditional Japanese construction, while Western-style architecture was influenced by European architectural forms. Over time, the architectural styles of official buildings, banks, hospitals, and schools evolved to include "pseudo-Western" and "Wa-Yo Setchu" (Japanese-Western eclectic) styles.
