Jinguashi Shinto Shrine

Date Captured April 29, 2015 at 09:11 UTC Camera NIKON D3100 Lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Aperture ƒ / 6.3 Shutter Speed 1/160 sec Focal Length 24.0 mm ISO 200 Exposure Value 12.6  EV Original Size 1920 × 1280

The Ōgon Shrine (黄金神社), also known as the Gold Temple, is a former Shinto shrine in the mountains above Jīnguāshí (金瓜石), an old gold mining town in Ruifang, Taiwan. Originally established in 1898 by the Tanaka Mining Company (田中組) and also known as San-jinja (山神社), it was the third such shrine built in Taiwan with a complete ritual space, after the Kaizan Shrine in Tainan and the Taichung Inari Shrine, both consecrated the previous year.

Date Captured April 29, 2015 at 09:15 UTC Camera NIKON D3100 Lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Aperture ƒ / 5 Shutter Speed 1/100 sec Focal Length 22.0 mm ISO 200 Exposure Value 11.3  EV Original Size 1920 × 1280

The current structure dates to a 1933 rebuild by the Nippon Mining Company while Taiwan was under Japanese rule. It was mostly destroyed in the post-war era by vandals, though it remains in better shape than many former Shinto shrines in Taiwan. The government of the ROC went to great lengths to expunge the island of Japanese influences in the mid-1970s. Fragments of the original 1898 myōjin-style torii were unearthed during restoration work in 2021 and are now on display at the nearby Gold Museum (黃金博物園區).

Date Captured April 29, 2015 at 09:15 UTC Camera NIKON D3100 Lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Aperture ƒ / 8 Shutter Speed 1/250 sec Focal Length 31.0 mm ISO 200 Exposure Value 14.0  EV Original Size 1920 × 1280

Date Captured April 29, 2015 at 09:22 UTC Camera NIKON D3100 Lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Aperture ƒ / 3.5 Shutter Speed 1/30 sec Focal Length 22.0 mm ISO 400 Exposure Value 8.5  EV Original Size 1920 × 1280

Date Captured April 29, 2015 at 09:16 UTC Camera NIKON D3100 Lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Aperture ƒ / 6.3 Shutter Speed 1/160 sec Focal Length 35.0 mm ISO 200 Exposure Value 12.6  EV Original Size 1920 × 1280

Date Captured April 29, 2015 at 09:20 UTC Camera NIKON D3100 Lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Aperture ƒ / 7.1 Shutter Speed 1/200 sec Focal Length 18.0 mm ISO 200 Exposure Value 13.3  EV Original Size 1920 × 1280

Date Captured July 6, 2013 at 08:32 UTC Camera NIKON D3100 Lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Aperture ƒ / 5.6 Shutter Speed 1/125 sec Focal Length 18.0 mm ISO 100 Exposure Value 11.9  EV Original Size 1920 × 1280

Date Captured July 6, 2013 at 08:27 UTC Camera NIKON D3100 Lens AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II Aperture ƒ / 7.1 Shutter Speed 1/200 sec Focal Length 18.0 mm ISO 100 Exposure Value 13.3  EV Original Size 1920 × 1280