Lost Japanese Police Station from 1917 - 朝日駐在所 - Zhaori (Asahi) 高越嶺步道 - Hualien, Taiwan. 天長隧道 奇萊路

The 朝日駐在所 (Asahi Police Station) was a sub station built by the japanese around 1917 and abandoned in 1925. This station was part of an older nenggao traverse trail that connected the western side of taiwan with the eastern part. But due to too much snow in the winter it was moved further down. The lower, newer trail is known as the nenggao traverse trail. The eastern part on the hualien side of taiwan has however been abandoned in the 70s. It used to be maintained by Taipei power as the new government built a high power voltage line from the east to the west coast. The trail takes us from 天長隧道 on the 奇萊路 all the way to 朝日山.
There is a lot of hidden and lost history in the mountains of Taiwan.
The Asahi police station is a good example of Taiwan's forgotten past.

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Ahh the police station is ruined?

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Unfortunately there isn't much left! We found some wooden planks and some nails. There are also some japanese bottles and pieces of ceramics left. Apparently the marker stone is also rather rare，most japanese police stations had their marker stone destroyed after the occupational period ended. I found out that there is still a japanese stele below the 天長隧道. Might check it out sometime in the future!