SNDWK.001 [TAINAN.WEST_MKT]

2026.09.24 22°59'37.1"N 120°11'53.2"E The West Market, locally known as "Tua-tshai-tshi" (Main Food Market), is located in the West Central District of Tainan City, Taiwan. As one of the largest commercial facilities for wholesale food trading during the Japanese governance period, the building holds significant historical importance in Tainan's urban development. Originally constructed in 1905 (Meiji 38) as a wooden structure, the market collapsed due to a typhoon that struck southern Taiwan in 1911. Rebuilt in 1912 (Taisho 1) as an L-shaped reinforced concrete building, that structure forms the main body seen today. The market continued to operate in the post-war era. However, it gradually declined due to urban redevelopment and the Haian Road Underground Street construction project in the 1990s—which led to the decline of the surrounding commercial district—as well as insufficient space for growing food trade volumes, which forced wholesale market operations to relocate elsewhere. On May 12, 2003, the West Market was designated a municipal monument of Tainan City. The designated historic site encompasses the main building of the West Market, the outer shops (Phase II), the fish market building, the cold storage facility of the former Niitaka Sugar Co., Ltd., and the banana warehouse of the former Tainan Prefecture Fruits and Vegetables Trade Association. (Source: Wikipedia) 西市場，居民習稱大菜市（臺羅：Tuā-tshài-tshī）。是位於臺灣台南市中西區的市場。該建築為臺灣日治時期臺南市最具規模，主要食材批發交易的商業建築設施之一，在臺南市的都市發展上具有歷史意義。 該市場最初建於明治38年（1905年），為木構造建築，因1911年臺灣南部颱風襲擊而倒塌。大正1年（1912年）重建為L字型鋼筋混泥土建物，為現今主體。該市場在戰後時期仍持續營運。後因1990年代之都市開發工程及海安路地下街工程導致商圈沒落、食材貿易量增加空間不足等因素，而遷出另覓他地為批發市場而逐漸沒落。 民國92年（2003年）5月12日，西市場列為臺南市市定古蹟，古蹟指定範圍包含西市場本館、西市場外廓賣店二期、西市場魚賣店、原新高製糖株式會社冷藏庫、原臺南州青果同業組合香蕉倉庫。（資料取自維基百科）