A Japanese colonial era Shinto shrine dedicated to water and established in April 1938 in the hills next to what is now Jiantan MRT Station. This was an institutional shrine (構內社) of the Caoshan Waterworks Yuanshan Reservoir (草山水道系統圓山貯水池) and one of only five official water-deity shrines in Japanese colonial era Taiwan. Surviving remnants include the original stone pedestal, stone lanterns, visiting path, and an ablution basin (手水缽). It was vandalized in 2017 and the male statue of the original pair of komainu was stolen.
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Links
- 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)
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)
- Waterworks in Taiwan (台灣水道)
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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.