The Liouguei Bus Station () is a

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in Liouguei Borough, Liouguei District,

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History

The bus station building was originally constructed as a hotel by Heitaro Ikeda during the

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. In July 1934, Ikeda passed away and his daughter and her husband inherited the hotel. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the

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in 1945, the couple were sent back to

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. Liouguei Agricultural Credit Cooperative soon took over the hotel and leased it in 1946. In 1953, the Kaohsiung Transportation Bus Company took over the lease and purchased the hotel in 1961. They renovated the hotel and transform it into the Liouguei Bus Station. On 8 September 2003, the station was listed as historical building by Kaohsiung County Government.

Architecture

The bus station was designed with Japanese architectural style.

References

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