Flood control measures implemented in the Japanese colonial era opened new land for settlement in Changhua. More than a dozen immigrant villages were established to cultivate this land; Akitsu, in what was then Sazan-shō (沙山庄), was the earliest Japanese immigrant village in Taichū Prefecture, founded in 1932 with settlers predominantly from Kyushu. Originally called Sazan Village (沙山村), it was renamed Akitsu in August 1936 by Governor-General Nakagawa Kenzō (中川健藏). The village is known to have had a Shinto shrine, although the location is unknown and no trace remains of the settlement except the positioning of streets in some parts of this remote countryside.
Map
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- Japanese Immigrant Villages in Taiwan (台灣日治時期日本移民村)
Nearby Locations
Author
:format(webp)/v/a-synaptic-2025-1.jpg)
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.