Houtong Shinto Shrine

A small Shinto shrine established in September 1934 by Li Jianxing (李建興), founder of Ruisan Coal Mining Company (瑞三礦業公司), and four others through the Ruisan Mining Industry Patriotic Group (瑞三鑛業株式產業奉公團). The shrine was mostly dismantled sometime after the war. The stone entrance torii remains intact in its original location; a second cypress wood torii once stood further along the approach but has since been destroyed. The visiting path has been restored, with new stone lanterns installed along both sides, and leads to a stone pedestal where the main hall once stood. Due to its relatively decent state of preservation it has been designated a heritage site. Known as Kōdō-jinja (侯硐神社) in the original Japanese.