Taichung Prison Drill Ground Introduction
The current facility serves as the preparatory office for the National Museum of Comics. The martial arts training ground, located at No. 33, LinSen Road, West District, Taichung City, was built during the Japanese colonial period in Showa 12 (1937). It served as a dojo for prison officers and police for daily martial training and is the only remaining training ground in the city, retaining its historical appearance and possessing significant value for preservation, reuse, and architectural research. The complex includes the main dojo and an auxiliary building on the east side. The main building is constructed in a symmetrical style, with a shrine at the back center; to the left of the shrine is a judo training hall and to the right is a kendo training hall. The dojo has seating on only one side and is smaller compared to similar martial arts facilities from the same period, such as the Budokan. The architectural style is a typical dojo from the Japanese colonial period, featuring a raised base, facade mimicking wooden structure and column decorations, and a gabled roof adorned with large demon tiles and decorative ridge boards. The martial arts training ground of Taichung Prison was built during the Japanese colonial period in Showa 12 (1937) and served as a training ground for judo and kendo for prison officers and police. It was registered as a historic building in 2004.
