A small Shinto shrine established at the old Toabaru (督亞巴留) settlement in the highlands, roughly a kilometer north of modern-day Tuban Village (土坂村) in Daren Township. The village was relocated to lower ground near the Dazhugo River (大竹高溪) around 1928 under the Japanese colonial government’s collective relocation (集團移住) policy, but the shrine and a police station remained at the original highland site. Current status unknown.
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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- National Digital Library: Taiwan Old Photo Archive (國立臺灣大學圖書館：臺灣舊照片資料庫)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
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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.