I am moving to Taiwan so I appreciated the link to the Taiwan photos. Hopefully I can add to the collection!

that’s for the citizens of those countries to decide.

As it for the citizens of Korea to decide. And in fact they already are, with both the Korean government designating more and more colonial-era buildings as cultural heritage sites for protection and more and more building owners registering their properties as 등록문화재.

indeed, all vestiges of japan’s presence in korea should be erased lest they visit to gloat.

Thanks for your work putting this collection together, and thanks for the link to the Taiwan photos too. Your definitive book on Korean early modern architecture is still a long way off, but this is another step in that direction. The Taiwan photos make me more than ever eager to visit that island. And thanks to Sonagi for the tip on Changchun. Back in the 80’s many Japanese were going to Dalian for their colonial architecture nostalgia hits, but by now I suspect that town is mostly modern skyscrapers (??). I am impressed by the scale on which the Japanese built on Taiwan, and how much is left.

And Pawi- I shouldn’t be rattling your cage, but do you think every building the British put up in India should be destroyed too? Every building by the French in Vietnam? How about the Roman amphitheaters and acqueducts in the south of France? Or the Greek temples on Sicily? Leptis Magna in North Africa?