A Japanese World War 2 ammunition depot near Damei, a Paiwan Indigenous village also known as Pungudan. Now locally referred to as “bat cave” (蝙蝠洞) for obvious reasons, the tunnels are carved into a sheltered hillside near the base of Hengchun Peninsula. As a poorly documented facility the name is not known with certainty; there’s a chance it might have also been named in relation to Sichongxi (四重溪), a popular hot springs resort town immediately to the south.
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
- Military Fortifications in Taiwan (台灣碉堡)
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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.