{{Short description|Department store in West Central, Tainan, Taiwan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox shopping mall | name = Hayashi Department Store | native_name = 林百貨 | native_name_lang = zh | logo = | logo_width = | image = 2024府城迎媽祖-033.jpg | image_width = 220px | caption = | location = West Central, Tainan, Taiwan | coordinates = {{coord|type:landmark_region:TW|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | address = | opening_date = 14 June 2014 | closing_date = | developer = | manager = | owner = | architect = department store | number_of_stores = | number_of_anchors = | floor_area = | floors = 6 | parking = | publictransit = | website = {{Official website}} | footnotes = }}
thumb|200px|Level 1 Interior thumb|200px|Lift inside department store thumb|200px|Level 5 Podium and shops
The '''Hayashi Department Store''' ({{zh|t=林百貨|s=林百货|first=t|p=Línbǎihuò}}) is a department store in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan.
==History== {{nihongo|Hayashi Department Store|ハヤシ百貨店|Hayashi Hyakkaten|lead=yes}}, commonly called "Five-story Building" ({{zh|t=五層樓仔|poj=Gō͘-chàn-lâu-á}}), was situated in {{nihongo4||末廣町|Suehirochō}}, Tainan City, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan. It was originally completed and opened on 5{{nbsp}}December{{nbsp}}1932, during Japanese rule. Upon completion, the building was one of two such stores in Taiwan with state-of-the-art features of elevators. The building was bombed by the United States airplanes at the end of World War II. After refurbishment, the building began to be restored in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtaiwanr.com/tainan/hayashi-department-store|title=Hayashi Department Store|website=roundTAIWANround|access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref> It was finally reopened on 14{{nbsp}}June{{nbsp}}2014 in a ceremony presided by Tainan Mayor William Lai.<ref>{{cite news|date=16 June 2014|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=218581&ctNode=413|title=Iconic Hayashi Department Store reopens in Tainan|work=Taiwan Today|access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>
==Architecture== thumb|Level 2 Interior The department store is a five-story building.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 March 2021|url=https://www.twtainan.net/en/attractions/detail/4403|title=Hayashi Department Store(原林百貨)|website=Travel Tainan|access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref> It features exhibitions on local farming culture and handicraft on the top floor. There is also Western-style cafeterias and an observation deck.
==Transportation== The department store is accessible within walking distance south west of Tainan Station of Taiwan Railway.
==See also== * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan * Kikumoto Department Store: the first department store in Taipei, two days before Hayashi Department Store. * Yoshii Department Store: the third department store in Kaoshiung. Demolished in 1994.
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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website}}
Category:1932 establishments in Taiwan Category:Buildings and structures in Tainan Category:Tourist attractions in Tainan Category:Department stores of Taiwan Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1932
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