"These old buildings are eyewitnesses to history," points out Professor Li Chien-lang of Chinese Culture University's Department of Architecture and Urban Design. The Japanese houses have great value not only as examples of period architecture, but also because they embody the human record of the Japanese occupation and the 60 years of the post-occupation era.
「這些老房子是歷史的目擊者，」文化大學建築系教授李乾朗指出，一棟棟日式宿舍之所以珍貴，不僅在於留下一個時代的建築樣貌，它還紀錄著日據及光復一甲子以上的人文軌跡。