Five years after Taiwan was ceded to it by the Ching court, Japan started to move the center of the capital city, Taipei, south, centering it around the Governor-General's Office (now the Presidential Palace) and the Governor General's residence (now the Taipei Guest House). These buildings were surrounded by government agencies and the residences of officials.
日本從清廷手中獲得台灣五年後，開始將首都台北城的重心往南移，建構出以日本總督官邸與總督府為中心、外圍層層包圍著政府機構及官僚宿舍的權力空間。