A district shrine (鄉社) established in July 1935. After the war the site was converted into Fengshan Hospital (鳳山醫院) and the shrine buildings were demolished by 1950. Part of the retaining wall still exists on the north side of the hospital and numerous relics of the shrine can be found at Fengshan Chenghuang Temple (鳳山城隍廟), Kaohsiung Military Cemetery in Niaosong (高雄市軍人忠靈祠鳥松園區), and the Kaohsiung Military Martyrs’ Pagoda (國軍高雄忠靈塔). Known as Hōzan-jinja in the original Japanese.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- National Digital Library: Taiwan Old Photo Archive (國立臺灣大學圖書館：臺灣舊照片資料庫)
Sources
- Kaneko Nobuya, Japanese Deities Overseas, Yeren Publishing House, 2020 金子展也，《遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查》，野人，2020
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.