Remnants of an uncommon kind of Shinto shrine dating back to 1927. A road widening project cut the former pathway leading up to the shrine but it can still be accessed from the top of the hill. Since 2010 it has been listed as a heritage site along with the Qing dynasty era cannon emplacements on Paotaishan. Known as Suō Kotohira-sha in the original Japanese.
Map
Heritage Status
- City Monument (縣(市)定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
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)
Connections
- Paotaishan (砲台山)
- Tianjun Temple (天君廟)
- Suhua Highway Road Trip 2018 (蘇花公路機車之旅)
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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.