One of several subsidiaries of Douliu Shinto Shrine (斗六神社). This sessha (攝社) was established in December 1941 on a piece of land now occupied by the Gukeng Township Farmers Association Agricultural Leisure Center (古坑鄉農會農業休閒中心). A number of relics from the former shrine have been relocated to the campus of the nearby Yongguang Elementary School (永光國民小學) including the wooden chōzuya (手水舎), a pavilion for ritual purification, and several stone lantern fragments. Kantoucuo was likely known as Kantouseki in Japanese.
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
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)
Connections
- Douliu Shinto Shrine (斗六神社)
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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.