An institutional shrine (構內社) for the nearby sugar factory (月眉製糖所), dedicated to Amaterasu (天照大神) and completed in December 1923. It stood within the factory grounds, behind what is now the factory guesthouse (招待所), a building that occupies the former site of Yuemei Elementary School (月眉小學校). Not much is written about its ultimate fate but it was presumably dismantled in the post-war period. Two komainu remain in front of an office on sugar factory grounds but their origin is disputed and they may have been removed. It was likely known as Tsukimayo-sha in the original Japanese.
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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)
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
- Taiwan Shinto Shrines App, Kuona Lab. 《台灣神社遺構地圖》
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.