Taiwan Gokoku Shrine

An important high-level Shinto shrine established in May 1942 to enshrine the spirits of Taiwanese soldiers who died in service to the Japanese Empire. It was located near the present-day Grand Hotel, on the east side of the Taiwan Grand Shrine (台灣神宮). The site was converted into the National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine (國民革命忠烈祠) in the post-war period and the original structure was completely dismantled by the late 1960s. Only a single bronze horse (神馬) from the original shrine remains intact; it is now on display at 228 Peace Memorial Park. Known as Taiwan Gokoku-jinja in the original Japanese.