Kagi Shrine
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Kagi Shrine (Japanese: 嘉義神社, Hepburn: Kagi jinja) was a Shinto shrine located in previously Soa-a-teng (Chinese: 山仔頂; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Soaⁿ-á-téng), Kagi City, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Chiayi Park, Chiayi City, Taiwan).
The shrine was built on 28 October 1915 (
Prince Yoshihisa, Ōkunitama no Mikoto (大国魂命), Ōnamuchi no Mikoto, Sukunahikona no Mikoto (少彦名命) and Amaterasu
were enshrined as deities.
The Republic of China government after World War II but was destroyed in a fire on 24 April 1994. The main office and purification hall now serve as the Chiayi City Historical Relics Museum.
In 1998 the
indigenous mythological tale about the creator of the world. In Chinese the tower is called Sun-Shooting Tower
and houses an observation deck.
The existing main office (社務所, shamusho) and purification hall (斎館, saikan) are wooden structures built in the classical Japanese
stone tōrō lantern, and Komainu
statues amongst other things still exist today.
Gallery
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Temizuya -
Stone tōrō lantern -
Komainu statues
See also
- Chiayi Cheng Huang Temple
- Chiayi Confucian Temple
- Chiayi Jen Wu Temple
- List of Shinto shrines in Taiwan
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kagi Shrine.
- (in Chinese) 射日傳說 Legend of Sun Shooting
- (in Chinese) 嘉義市史蹟資料館 Chiayi City Historical Relics Museum
23°28′53″N 120°28′09″E / 23.48139°N 120.46917°E
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