The Jianguo 1st Village

This spot is mostly unknown to explorers, somehow this village hasn’t been visiting a lot. The Jianguo 1st Village for military veterans is located in Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan and it is abandoned now. It was also know as the “Veteran’s Village”. Taiwan was a Japanese colony at that time, so Huwei had a Japanese military community area. After the war, the place returned to Taiwan, and the Taiwanese Air Force created a village for veterans and their families. Once, Jianguo had four villages. Now, the 1st and 2nd village is almost abandoned, though some of its area is still used by farmers who use it as farmland. The 3rd village had an elementary school. The 4th one has disappeared without a trace. You still can find Taiwanese architecture and get a clue how people lived here a few years ago.

建國一村は、台湾の雲林県虎尾鎮にある“退役軍人の村”と呼ばれる廃村です。
日本の植民地時代、虎尾周辺は日本の空軍基地や軍事コミュニティエリアとして利用されていました。終戦後、台湾に返還され台湾空軍の退役軍人と、その家族が住める村として使用された歴史を持ちます。当時、”建國一村”、”建國二村”、”建國三村”、”建國四村”が存在していましたが、現在、一村と二村の建物はほとんどが廃墟となり、三村は学校として転用。四村は取り壊されました。

建國一村の入り口

防空壕の跡

We left the Minxiong Haunted House and headed to Huwei. The village has one main road, and there are many abandoned Taiwan-style houses along the road. In the field, Japanese governance battle site remains, Air-raid shelters and Flak Towers still stand. The Jianguo 1st Village has many dogs. It was quite easy to meet dogs in the village while exploring. But It looked a bit strange that most of these dogs were tied to the yard of abandoned houses in the village. Who has kept them? I was fun exploring around Jianguo 1st Village even better Jianguo 2st Village. I’ll show you some Jianguo 2st Village next time!

建國一村のこの通りには犬がつながれていた

民雄鬼家のあとに、建國村を探検しに行きました。
村の中には一本の主要道路が通っていた。その道沿いを進んでいくとすぐに台湾様式の家の廃墟がいくつも立ち並んでいました。また戦争の時の”高射砲塔”や”防空壕”が多く残っています。村の中心部は、廃墟となった家に犬がつながれていて、何かに転用されてるようにも見えたので、全部が廃墟ってわけではなさそうです。個人的には建國二村の方が、自由に探索出来る建物がたくさんあったので楽しかったので次回！建國二村を紹介します。