Yingge Kyoei Coal Mine Shinto Shrine

An institutional shrine (構內社) established around 1937 by the Kyōei Coal Mining Company (共榮炭礦株式會社) in the vicinity of the company’s No. 3 mine in Yingge. The site is today occupied by Fuzheng Temple (福正宮), accessible from a hiking trail north of town. During the Kōminka movement (皇民化運動) it was briefly elevated to village shrine status (鶯歌庄社). A Hachiman-style torii (八幡鳥居), originally built with timber and later in reinforced concrete, still stands on the path approaching the temple. Heavily reworked over the decades, it now serves as the temple gateway. A chōzuya (手水舍) with Kyoto-style oni-gawara roof tiles also survives next to the temple, having been converted into a paper-money incinerator after the war. According to local residents the honden was burned by ROC soldiers in the 1950s and rebuilt by residents, the stone lanterns were destroyed by decree in the 1970s, and the komainu were stolen in 1995. Further along the trail are remains of the company’s No. 3 vertical shaft.