Takao Shrine
Takao Shrine was a Shinto shrine located in the former Takao City, Takao Prefecture, Taiwan during the Japanese rule period. The shrine enshrined Prince Yoshihisa, Ōmononushi no Mikoto, and Emperor Sutoku.History
The shrine was originally built at the foot of Kotobuki Hill as Takao Kotohira Shrine in 1910. It was renamed Takao Shrine in 1920 and moved to the hillside in 1928. In 1932, the shrine received the kensha rank.
After 1945, the government of Republic of China transformed the Shinto shrine into the Kaohsiung Martyrs' Shrine. Most of the Japanese structures were demolished in the 1970s and rebuilt as a Chinese temple.
