During the Japanese era, Beauty Street was where the city's framing shops were clustered. All manner of folk paintings used for celebratory and ceremonial occasions, as well as works by famous local artists, could be found on the walls of these shops on any given day. For all the exposure to art that they provided, they might as well have been galleries.
日據時代的美街，是嘉義地區書畫裝裱店的集中地，除了提供各種民間喜慶祭祀書畫，經常可以看見許多名家畫作，兼具著畫廊的展覽功能。