Old Japanese Martial Arts Academy

Tainan


This sleek and poised Japanese building next to the Confucius Temple was a butokuden, a place where the Japanese taught and promoted martial arts such as kendo in Tainan. It's one of Taiwan's largest buildings of its type and now belongs to a primary school. It opens weekends when there are no activities in the school.

The academy was closed for renovation at the time of research, to reopen sometime in 2019.


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