This renaissance-baroque building, which reflects the architectural style current in Japan's Meiji Restoration period, faces almost due east, symbolizing loyalty to Japan, the Land of the Rising Sun. Its scale, with a width of 120 meters and a tower 60 meters high, makes it the most imposing of the buildings constructed in Taiwan during the island's 50 years of Japanese rule.
這座反映了日本「明治維新」建築流行風尚的文藝復興時期巴洛可式建築，配置朝向接近正東方，象徵效忠太陽國日本；而橫寬一百二十公尺、塔高六十公尺的規模，也使它成為日據五十年間台灣最宏偉的建築物。