A rare example of a heavily modified hōanden (奉安殿), a specialized structure that once housed imperial Japanese scripts in the vicinity of Kotobuki Ordinary and Higher Elementary School, originally an institution solely for Japanese students. In the post-war era it was converted for use as a shrine to Tudigong (土地公), the God of Land, but retains many of its original architectural features. It was presumably known as Kotobuki-hōanden in the original Japanese.
Map
Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Recorded On
Links
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
- Education History in Taiwan (臺灣教育史)
Nearby Locations
Similar Content
:format(webp)/taiwan/series/huadong-valley-ride-2018-2-11.jpg)
:format(webp)/taiwan/hualien/xiulin/xiulin-jiawan-shinto-shrine-1.jpg)
Author
:format(webp)/v/a-synaptic-2025-1.jpg)
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.