Guanshan Lilong Shinto Shrine

Date Captured

May 20th, 2018 at 03:25 UTC

Camera

NIKON D3100

Lens

AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II

Aperture

ƒ / 7.1

Shutter Speed

1/200 sec

Focal Length

23.0 mm

ISO

100

Exposure Value

13.3 EV

Download

3600 × 2400

An unranked shrine (無格社) established in 1928 on a hillside west of Lilong (里壠), as Guanshan was known until 1937. Funded by local donations, it enshrined Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (北白川宮能久親王) and the Three Pioneering Kami (開拓三神). The shrine was dismantled after the war, possibly following the 1974 edict on the removal of Japanese imperial relics. Little survives beyond a broken stone lantern pedestal near Guanshan Cihuitang (關山慈惠堂); a stone washbasin across the road may also have belonged to the shrine, though it bears no inscription to confirm it. Known as Riran-sha in Japanese.