Shanghai Scrap

After dinner, the daylong rain stopped and I decided to enjoy what remains of my time here by taking a random stroll through the downtown. Along the way, I came across this:

The sign out front of the building includes some interesting history:

The “Tokedai” [clock tower] was originally built as a drill hall for the Sapporo Agricultural College, which was established in 1876 as the first agricultural institute in Japan. The building was erected in 1878  in the style of wooden architecture used in frontier lands of the United States in those days. The large clock, manufactured in the U.S.A., has kept telling time since it was installed in 1881.

Back with good ol’ China blogging come Monday. Until then, signing off from here.