First take, then build Five years after the Ching facilities were finished, the city was turned over to the Japanese. Between 1895 and 1900, because government authority had not yet been firmly established and because of problems with land rights, the Japanese did not proceed with new construction. They took possession of only the lands that had belonged to the Ching court, and most of these were used for military purposes.
台北城成型後五年，就落入日本人的統治，在一八九五年到一九○○年間，因為政權尚未穩固，及土地所有權的問題，他們並沒有進行建設，只接收原有屬於清朝官方的土地，以軍事用途為最高考量。