A stone monument erected in 1936 by Japanese Army officers to commemorate five soldiers who died in service, most of whom were from Chiba Prefecture. The inscription on the front was written by General Terauchi Hisaichi (寺內壽一), commander of the Taiwan Army. After World War 2 the monument was repurposed as a washboard by local women before being rediscovered during drainage works in 1995 and later relocated to this park. It was designated as a general antiquity by Yilan County in 2017.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
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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.