Kaohsiung shopping area covered in excessive graffiti｜Taiwan News

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There are beautiful painted murals along the walls of Kaohsiung’s Yuzhu Shopping District, which tourists often photograph. But now graffiti in the area has spread from the walls to road signs, windows, and mirrors. The local village chief says it has been like this for a while, but new graffiti appears every so often, and it’s hard to know who’s responsible.

Graffiti spreads beyond the walls here, covering up windows with layers of painted images and words. It gives this once-quiet alley a very different atmosphere.

Member of public
It’s a little extreme. People probably did this in the middle of the night.

Member of public
Graffiti is illegal. They just think it’s fun.

Chuang Shu-ting
FTV reporter
This was once a beautifully painted alley, with murals like this lotus pond. But now, not only are the walls covered in graffiti, but even the road signs have been vandalized.

The black-and-white graffiti covering this road sign makes it hard to read. At the alley entrance, the back of a notice sign and even a traffic mirror have also been vandalized. This is in Kaohsiung’s Yuzhu Shopping District, which many young people and students frequent for its affordable clothing. The local village chief says they originally commissioned a young artist to paint murals, but then graffiti gradually started appearing.

Tsai Jui-pin
Yuheng village chief
It’s hard to know when they come and go. They’re good at this. They paint and then run off. This has happened many times, for a long while. There’s still new graffiti happening all the time. It’s hard to catch them. They might not be from around here.

Member of public
Sometimes there will be new ones. Sometimes I’ll notice that another design has appeared.

The signs warning people not to graffiti don’t seem to scare them off. This well-known shopping district has been totally transformed, and locals worry it could affect tourism.

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