A prefectural shrine (縣社) completed in October 1919 also known as Akō-jinja in Japanese. This was the top-ranking Shinto shrine in Pingtung. It was almost completely demolished after the war and converted into a Chinese Martyrs’ Shrine. This was later relocated and demolished too, leaving only a bridge over a pond in what was formerly known as Zhongshan Park (中山公園水池橋梁) harkening back to the Japanese colonial era.
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Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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
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.