Hsinchu Specialty Store 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 Monopoly Bureau Hsinchu Branch." Its predecessor was the "Taipei Monopoly Bureau Hsinchu Office" established in 1892, which was changed to "Taiwan Governor-General's Monopoly Bureau Hsinchu Office" in 1924. After the construction of the new office building, it was upgraded to a branch in 1936, becoming the tobacco and liquor direct management center for the Hsinchu area. After World War II, it was renamed the "Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Monopoly Bureau Hsinchu Branch" in 1947.
