One of many Indigenous villages in eastern Taiwan established during the Japanese colonial period as part of a forced resettlement plan. Although originally home to Puyuma Indigenous people this is now a majority Bunun community formed by three groups resettled from the surrounding mountains. There was reputedly a Shinto shrine in this village, although the exact location and history are unknown. Today the village is officially known as Kanahcian, and the name for the shrine is sometimes given in Mandarin as Jiana Shinto Shrine (加拿神社).
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples’ Encyclopedia (臺灣原住民族事典)
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.