A former Shinto shrine (和美金刀比羅社) established in October 1916 and located in the vicinity of Changhua Sugar Factory (彰化製糖所). It was a subsidiary shrine of the main Changhua Shinto Shrine (彰化神社). Some sources indicate a date of establishment in 1940, which may indicate the shrine was rebuilt or upgraded at some point. It was likely dismantled in the decades after the war with only the komainu spared. They are now on display at Hemei Demei Park (德美公園). The precise location of the shrine is subject to some debate, but it seems plausible that it was between the factory and the dormitory area to the north. The location has been chosen based on an inspection of an aerial survey from 1947.
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
- Japanese Deities Overseas (遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查)
- Cultural Heritage Map of Taiwan Sugar Factories (台灣製糖工場百年文史地圖)
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)
- Sugar Industry in Taiwan (台灣糖業)
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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.