Tobias Johnston
funkyrewind.bsky.social
Tobias Johnston
@funkyrewind.bsky.social
Bits and pieces from here and there, but mostly there.

www.micromosa.com - Taiwan architectural models.
www.tobiasjohnston.com - Photography
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Saddest map I know -- historical sites partially or wholly burned, often by people wanting to buy/sell them.
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...
Wiki source is here:
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%...
台灣文化資產失火、破壞列表 - Google My Maps
資料從 Wikipedia 取得,使用 Google Sheets 抓出座標對應至 Google Maps。 如需更新資料請至 Wikipedia 條目編修: 1. 火災列表 https://goo.gl/7Zsxyk 2. 破壞列表 https://goo.gl/5a4O5m
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October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Chiayi Station, one of Taiwan’s major railway stations constructed during the Japanese-era that remains in operation today.

Its time as one of Taiwan's busiest stations may soon be coming to an end, so if you have a chance to visit, you might want to visit soon!

www.goteamjosh.com/blog/kagieki
Chiayi Train Station (嘉義驛) — Josh Ellis Photography
Chiayi, is one of those special places in Taiwan that everybody just seems to love. Sure, it often gets overshadowed by its neighbor to the south, Tainan, but similar to Tainan, Chiayi is home to a pl...
www.goteamjosh.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Maybe you've seen those classic tiled Taiwanese bathtubs before, but you probably haven't seen one as deluxe as this outdoor pool! It's in front of the Japanese colonial era residence later appropriated for use by the Keelung Fortress Commander in the aftermath of WW2... newly reopened as a café!
February 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My little pet project.
Some famous Taiwanese theaters recreated in miniature:

- Beidou Yuandong Theater (北斗遠東戲院), in Changhua,
- The now-demolished Tianwaitian Theater (天外天劇場) in central Taichung
- Jinsha Theater (金沙戲院) in Kinmen
February 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Keelung nights - photos across the years from the invariably rainy port town.
January 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Warping into the intersection.
December 2, 2024 at 9:15 PM
A very brutalist playground fixture by the old Senrong Elementary School (森榮國小) - once used to educate the children of forestry workers working in Hualien County's Lintianshan Forest Station.

It might be stark, but it's got style.
November 28, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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Nanjichang gets a ton of attention from urbanists and photographers (rightly so) but there were nearly two dozen public housing projects built to resettle urban migrants living in precarious conditions at the margins of Taipei from 1962 to 1975. Lanzhou is another: spectralcodex.com/taipei-lanzh...
Lanzhou Public Housing (蘭州國宅) - Spectral Codex
A former public housing complex similar to the one constructed at Nanjichang. Demolished in the late 2010s.
spectralcodex.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:07 PM
When the top prize has claws of its own.
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Jincheng, Kinmen, #Taiwan 2019.
Watched a wonderfully synchronized performance from this flag idol group on a crisp Winter's evening.

I think there might have been a support act, but I must have missed it in my carelessness.
November 18, 2024 at 8:27 PM