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A former remote worship or yōhaijo (遙拜所) shrine in central Puli likely known as Hori-sha in the original Japanese. No actual kami were enshrined here but it otherwise functioned pretty much as any other Shinto shrine would have. It was dismantled sometime after the war, although the details are vague. The site has more recently been redeveloped into the Torii Tea Canteen (鳥居喫茶食堂), a restaurant overtly celebrating the history of the shrine. The torii displayed out front is not original but the stone pedestal and some artifacts located on the plot of land immediately to the east appear to be genuine.
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Links
- Shuishalian Magazine (水沙連雜誌)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
- 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)
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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.