A former unranked (無格社) Shinto shrine established just north of a sugar factory (南靖製糖所) in November 1924, possibly to commemorate Crown Prince Hirohito’s 1923 tour of Taiwan (臺灣行啟). Although the visiting path remains, extending north from a school, the shrine itself is long gone. Some broken stone fragments might be found in a drainage ditch at the southern end of the path. Known as Nansō-jinja in the original Japanese.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
Map
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Hualien A-rong (花蓮ㄚ榮)
- Taiwan Visual Dictionary (台湾ビジュアル辞典)
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)
- Sugar Industry in Taiwan (台灣糖業)
Connections
- Xinzhuang Dizang Temple (新莊地藏庵)
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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.