A former Shinto shrine established in November 1916 on the southwest side of the old sugar factory (大林製糖所) in Dalin. It was considered lost for many years but the construction of a logistics warehouse unearthed a pair of stone lantern bases and revealed a stone monument. Access to the site is currently controlled, and the relics are presumably under review for official heritage status as of 2024. It would have been known as Darin Kotohira-sha in the original Japanese.
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Links
- Liberty Times (自由時報)
- Facebook: Taiwan Shinto Shrines (臺灣の神社遺跡)
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)
- Sugar Industry in Taiwan (台灣糖業)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.