The Japanese had come to Taiwan to stay. They demolished the Empress of Heaven Temple (built by the Qing court) and other symbols of Chinese culture. They employed what they considered to be the most modern urban planning methods, imported from the West. Not even in Japan proper did they have an opportunity to implement such a comprehensive urban design.
日本，抱著永久統治台灣的決心，毀掉了清朝建的天后宮等象徵中國文化的建物，在台北進行了它認為最現代化、引用自當時西方的都市計畫﹘﹘連日本本土都還沒有機會試驗的一套都市計畫。