A former Shinto shrine established in the hills outside of the tobacco farming town of Ruibei Village (瑞北村) in the 1930s, back when it was known as Tamaen (玉苑), after an Indigenous place name, Tamayan. After the war it was steadily dismantled but several relics remain. The original site is somewhere opposite Yangbei Road No. 17 (祥北路17號), along a hiking trail, but there might not be very much to see. Two stone stelae from the shrine were relocated to the nearby Sanyuan Temple (三元宮).
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples’ Encyclopedia (臺灣原住民族事典)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
Connections
- Ruisui Sanyuan Temple (瑞穗三元宮)
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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.