A prefectural shrine (縣社) established in Miaoli City as Byoritsu-jinja, with a groundbreaking in November 1937 and enshrinement on November 4th, 1938. After the war it was mostly destroyed and converted for use as the Miaoli Martyrs’ Shrine (苗栗縣忠烈祠) and Jingjueyuan (淨覺院), a Buddhist temple. Today it is the site of Maolishan Park (貓裏山公園), which has also collected many historical monuments from around Miaoli. Surviving traces include sections of stone retaining walls (石垣), stone steps, lantern bases flanking the former shrine gate, and a stele (駐馬碑) marking where Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (北白川宮能久親王) is said to have tethered his horse.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- 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
- 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)
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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.