A former Japanese immigrant settlement in Zhaojia Village (趙甲里) that was part of Yuancheng Farm (源成農場), established in 1909 by Aikuzawa Naoya’s Sanwu Company (愛久澤直哉的三五公司). Japanese settlers from Niigata, Kumamoto, and Fukuoka were recruited to maintain protective forests, but most left due to flooding from Zhuoshui River (濁水溪) and poor conditions; Hakka settlers from Miaoli later replaced them. Traces of the Japanese origins of the village might still be found in the form of a pair of old stone lanterns and some broken tombstones bearing Japanese names.
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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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Japanese Immigrant Villages in Taiwan (台灣日治時期日本移民村)
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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.