Remnants of a Japanese colonial era police garrison at approximately 1,340 meters elevation on the left bank of Liwu River (立霧溪) in the mountains above Taroko Gorge. Established after the 1914 Truku War (太魯閣戰爭), the garrison was staffed by police officers administering the nearby Truku community of Slagu Qhuni (西拉歐卡夫尼). The site also housed an Indigenous children’s school (蕃童教育所) and, from around 1930, lodging facilities for travellers on the Hehuan Cross-Ridge Trail. Governor-General Sakuma Samata (佐久間 左馬太) is said to have fallen from a cliff nearby during the 1914 campaign; the remains of a monument erected in his honour can still be found in the undergrowth somewhere around the site.
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Details
- Status:Remnants (遺跡)
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Links
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Tapir’s Garrison Post (貘の駐在所)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Indigenous People of Taiwan (台灣原住民)
- Police History in Taiwan (台灣警察歷史)
Author
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.