Official records in this remote part of Taiwan are incomplete, and we only know that a rudimentary Shinto shrine already existed in Fengbin in 1933, when it was still called Byōkō, a name derived from the Amis Indigenous name Fakong by way of Taiwanese Minnan. By 1937 a newer shrine had been constructed across the river, and the site of this one was left to wither away. Nowadays part of the landscaping of the original shrine might still exist if you know precisely where to look. Presumably known as Byōkō-shi in the original Japanese.
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples’ Encyclopedia (臺灣原住民族事典)
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.