A building on the corner of Otek
and Chanum streets used to be
a Kempetai headquarters, during
the Japanese occupation. In the '50s,
it was converted into the Bayanihan
Hotel, though some of its dark history
lingered in wooden panels and broody
green paint, like the interior of a forest.
I was very young when my father picked up
his niece and h...
and Chanum streets used to be
a Kempetai headquarters, during
the Japanese occupation. In the '50s,
it was converted into the Bayanihan
Hotel, though some of its dark history
lingered in wooden panels and broody
green paint, like the interior of a forest.
I was very young when my father picked up
his niece and h...