Hsinchu Sales Branch Introduction
The Hsinchu Tobacco and Liquor Monopoly Bureau building, built in 1934, was known during the Japanese colonial period as the "Taiwan Governor-General's Office Monopoly Bureau Hsinchu Branch." Its predecessor was the "Taipei Monopoly Bureau Hsinchu Substation" established in 1892, which was renamed the "Taiwan Governor-General's Office Monopoly Bureau Hsinchu Substation" in 1924. After the new office building was constructed, it was upgraded to a branch in 1936, becoming the direct management center for tobacco and liquor in the Hsinchu area. After World War II, it was renamed the "Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Monopoly Bureau Hsinchu Branch" in 1947.