Dongshi Shinto Shrine

Not much remains of this former district shrine (鄉社) established in July 1937 apart from a pair of komainu (guardian lion-dogs), stone lantern bases, a shrine name stele (社號碑), and several sets of stone steps along the former approach path. The name stele is uncommon, but the original inscription was replaced by ROC slogans “never forget our motherland” (毋忘在莒) and “sincere unity” (精誠團結) on the reverse. It is located on the former campus of Dongshi Vocational School, which was condemned and relocated after the 921 Earthquake of 1999. There is also an old statue of Chiang Kai-shek on the hillside facing the tennis courts, possibly at the original entrance to the shrine. It would have been known as Tōsei-jinja in the original Japanese.