A district shrine (鄉社) established in May 1938. Demolished after the war, but several relics remain on site. Look for stairways, retaining walls, and the mangled remains of the base of a reinforced concrete torii, one of three originally on this site. The site of the former haiden and main hall is now the Jisui Activity Center (中和積穗活動中心), and the chōzubachi (手水砵) ablution basin now stands at the East Gate 1 of Xinpu Elementary School in Banqiao (板橋新埔國小). The shrine grounds are now Yuanshan Park (員山公園). Known as Kaizan-jinja in the original Japanese.
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Links
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
- Japanese Deities Overseas (遠渡來台的日本諸神：日治時期的台灣神社田野踏查)
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)
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