A small Shinto shrine established in October 1937. In the post-war period it was converted into a Catholic church. A torii stands at the entrance to the visiting path but you’ll find a statue of the Virgin Mary at the end, where the main hall would have been. Known as Shinko-sha in the Japanese.
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Heritage Status
- Historic Site (史蹟)
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
- Taiwan Visual Dictionary (台湾ビジュアル辞典)
- Wilhelm Chang (張威廉)
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
- Suhua Highway Road Trip 2018 (蘇花公路機車之旅)
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Alexander Synaptic
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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.