The first Shinto shrine in Taichung, built on the north side of Taichung Park (台中公園) in Shintaka-chō (新高町) and inaugurated on October 27, 1912. Ranked as a prefectural shrine (縣社) from 1913, it was designed by Nagoya craftsman Itō Mitsusaku (伊藤滿作) in the shinmei-zukuri (神明造) style using Japanese and Taiwanese hinoki. When the second-generation Taichung Shinto shrine was completed in 1940 the wooden structures were dismantled. Remnants including a stone platform, a pair of bronze horses, stone lions, a stone bridge, a toppled torii (鳥居), and eight pairs of stone lanterns survive in the park, though some have been vandalized in recent years.
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)
Sources
- Taiwan Shinto Shrines App, Kuona Lab. 《台灣神社遺構地圖》
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Shinto Shrines in Taiwan (台灣神社)
Connections
- Taichung Shinto Shrine (台中神社)
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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.