Completed in December 1941 on what is now the campus of Gukeng Junior High School (古坑國民中小學) in Gukeng, Yunlin, this was a subsidiary or sessha (攝社) of Douliu Shinto Shrine (斗六神社). It is unclear whether any relics remain. It was likely known as Kokō-jinja in Japanese.
Map
Sources
- Chang Su-bing, Gukeng, A Township Being Constituted, 2019, No. 12, pp. 67–108張素玢，《被建構出的「古坑庄」》，2019，第12期，67–108頁
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
Backlinks
- Douliu Shinto Shrine (斗六神社)
Nearby Locations
Author
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.