A small Shinto shrine built on the side of a modest hill of nearly the same name (加走山) just north of the main settlement in Changbin, Taitung, in October 1927. Kakacawan, as it was known in the Amis Indigenous language, was renamed Nagahama in 1937, and presumably the shrine would have also been renamed Nagahama-shi (長濱祠). In the post-war era the characters were retained and given a Mandarin reading as Changbin. The stone pedestal can still be found in the undergrowth along with at least two stone lantern bases.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Keepon (登山補給站)
Sources
- Kaneko Nobuya, Japanese Deities Overseas, Yeren Publishing House, 2020 金子展也，《遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查》，野人，2020
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
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