A former Shinto shrine on Taiping Island (太平島) in the South China Sea, also known as Nagashima (長島) and administered as part of the Shinnan Islands (新南群島) in the Japanese colonial era. The Imperial Japanese Navy occupied the island in April 1939, placing it under the jurisdiction of Kaohsiung. The shrine’s origins and details remain largely unknown; possible remnants include stone lantern fragments inscribed with dates from 1942 and 1943 and the name of a company, Shinkai Kōgyō (深海工業), but access to the island is highly restricted and verification has not been possible.
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Facebook: Wan En (萬嗯)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
Author
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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.