A STUDY OF URBAN MORPHOLOGY OF JAPANESE COLONIAL TOWNS IN NAN'YO GUNTO : Part 3 Origins of the model Japanese sugar plantation town in Taiwan

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  • ONO Keiko
    Dept. of Law and Economics, Okinawa University
  • ANDO Tetsuya
    Dept. of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of the Ryukyus

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  • 南洋群島における日本植民都市の都市構造に関する研究 : (その3)台湾における日本糖業プランテーションタウンの形成過程
  • study of urban morphology of japanese colonial towns in nan yo gunto Part3 origins of the model japanese sugar plantation town in taiwan

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Sugar plantations underwrote Japanese colonial expansion in its southern colonies in the early 20th century. This article explores the establishment of the sugar plantation towns in southern Taiwan and traces their origins and civic characteristics from archival sources and interviews with former employees and their families. Late in the 19th century, overseas visits by Japanese entrepreneurs to plantations in other countries where the industry was well established were instrumental in the transfer of new technology and urban design ideas to Taiwan. Examples provided by the well-established sugar plantations of Hawaii in particular are shown to have been most influential. Case studies of Kyoshito, Kohekirin and Heito, together with the Taiwan Seito company, provide much of the historical evidence.

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