A relatively small-scale institutional shrine (構內社) built on the grounds of the Sun Moon Lake No. 2 Power Plant (日月潭第二發電所), still operating today as the Mingtan Power Plant Jugong Branch (明潭發電廠鉅工分廠). It was completed in 1937 but mostly destroyed sometime after the war. The visiting path, an ablution basin, and some crumbling stone lantern remnants can still be seen on site after securing permission from staff at the gate. It was also known as Shuilikeng Shinto Shrine (水裡坑神社).
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
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)
- Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project (日月潭水力電氣工事)
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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.