A former Japanese immigrant village in the fertile Huadong Valley, laid out on a grid in what is now Shoufeng, Hualien. Settlers began arriving in 1913, making it the second such village in Taiwan, and by 1917 it was home to around 180 households and 912 residents. Several of its facilities survive, among them Fengtian Shinto Shrine, Fengtian Police Station, and Fengtian Elementary School.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
- Commonwealth Magazine (天下雜誌)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Japanese Immigrant Villages in Taiwan (台灣日治時期日本移民村)
Backlinks
- Hayashida Immigrant Village (林田移民村)
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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.