Established in the coastal community of Xinshe (新社), then known as Shinsha in Japanese. The area was renamed Miyashita (宮下) in 1937, suggesting the shrine already existed by then, and was later renamed Dongxing (東興) after the war. According to local elders, the shrine had two torii, a worship hall, and a main hall. All remnants were buried after Typhoon Tim (提姆颱風) triggered a flash flood from a mountain stream north of the community in 1994.
Note: this location has vanished. Any information presented here is only for reference.
提醒：此地點已消失，本文僅供參考用途。
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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.