A former yōhaijo (遙拜所), or remote worship site, in Dahu, established in August 1924. Unlike regular Shinto shrines, no kami were actually enshrined at these locations; worshippers would face in the direction of a distant shrine and offer prayers from afar. It was abolished when the full-scale Dahu Shinto Shrine (大湖神社) opened in 1941. The site, now a vegetable garden behind Fabao Temple (法寶寺) at Guishan (龜山), retains no trace of the hall itself, though a stone lantern (常夜燈) from the Dahu Shinto Shrine, its crest visible through the openwork, now stands near the temple entrance. It was likely known as Taigo-yōhaijo in the original Japanese.
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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- Taiwan Shinto Shrines App, Kuona Lab. 《台灣神社遺構地圖》
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
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- Dahu Shinto Shrine (大湖神社)
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