A former Shinto shrine on a hillside in remote Namaxia District, Kaohsiung. It was likely built in 1926 and is sometimes referred to as Namaxia Shinto Shrine (那瑪夏神社) or Dakanuwa Shinto Shrine (達卡努瓦神社) after the name of the Bunun Indigenous tribe in the area. The official name is unknown. Stone walls and a pedestal may still exist. It may have been known as Makazun-jinja (マカズン神社) or Takunuwa-jinja (タカヌワ神社) in the original Japanese.
Map
Links
- Taiwan Visual Dictionary (台湾ビジュアル辞典)
- 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)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
Nearby Locations
Similar Content
:format(webp)/taiwan/series/suhua-highway-road-trip-2018-17.jpg)
:format(webp)/taiwan/tainan/xinhua/xinhua-nawarin-shinto-shrine-1.jpg)
:format(webp)/taiwan/series/huadong-valley-ride-2018-2-11.jpg)
:format(webp)/taiwan/hualien/xiulin/xiulin-jiawan-shinto-shrine-1.jpg)
Author
:format(webp)/v/a-synaptic-2025-1.jpg)
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.