An institutional shrine (構內社) established in October 1940 immediately to the northwest of Losheng Sanatorium (痲瘋病療養所樂生院) in the outskirts of Xinzhuang, Taiwan. It was plausibly known as Rakusho-jinja in the original Japanese. Although it was dismantled in the post-war period some stone fragments were repurposed as drain covers and landscaping features around the sanatorium. The site is now occupied by a Buddhist hall known as Qilian Vihara (棲蓮精舍), where a single stone lantern survives.
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
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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)
- Health History in Taiwan (臺灣公共衛生發展史)
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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.