Jul 2, 2017
Jiantan MRT station is most well-known as the entrance to the popular Shilin Nightmarket.
Not many people actually know though that if you cross the street and walk up the hill there is a century old Shinto Shrine left over from the Japanese Colonial Era.
The Yuanshan Shinto Shine (圓山神社), dedicated to the Shinto Water God is an important historical site in Taipei with regard to the Japanese Colonial Government’s efforts to improve the water situation in capital city.
Its relative obscurity is probably why it has been able to last this long and wasn't destroyed like almost every other Shinto shrine was.
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