Established in June 1929 as a remote worship shrine (遙拜所) with no kami enshrined in the Amis Indigenous village of Fata’an (馬太鞍). It was renamed Kamiyamato-yōhaijo (上大和遙拜所) along with the surrounding settlement in 1937. The site was purchased by the church now standing on this site around 1957, and the shrine was completely destroyed. Some stone lantern bases might still be seen in the flower garden of a house along the original visiting path at Zhongshan Road Section 3 Lane 89 (中山路三段89巷). Presumably known as Mataan-shi in Japanese.
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
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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.