A former district-level (鄉社) Shinto shrine completed in Xinzhuang in June 1937. It was dismantled in 1950 and converted for use by the Xinxing Research Institute (新興血清研究所). Since 1966 it has been the site of Hotai Automotive Factory (和泰汽車興建工廠). Several relics of the shrine are preserved at Xinzhuang Dizang Temple (新莊地藏庵), including a pair of komainu, two mikoshi, and some stone lanterns. It was known as Shinshō-jinja in the original Japanese.
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)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
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
- 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
- Xinzhuang Dizang Temple (新莊地藏庵)
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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.