Residential Police Box

The Hehuan Police Post is located above the Provincial Highway 14, between Dayuling and Xiaofengkou, at an altitude of 2,782 meters. When the Taroko War broke out in 1914, the then Governor of Taiwan, Sakuma Samata, wanted to use a strong military and police force to defeat the Turuku tribe along the Liwu River. Therefore, Nantou Minister, Ishibashi Tooru, personally led the road excavation team, and opened the road from Puli to Tianxiang. After the war, the road continued to be opened from Puli to Taroko Gorge entrance, which was the original path of the Hehuan Traversing Historic Trail. Later, due to the collective migration of tribes and the steep slope of the original route, the route was modified and completed in 1935. This route was a popular hiking trail at that time.

Zhuifen Police Post of Ren’ai Township, Nantou County is located opposite the current Cuifeng Police Station, which is a popular observatory that overlooks the mountains. During the Japanese Occupation period, Zhuifeng was called Oiwake, which means the divergence point of the road, and just like the name, it was the boundary point acknowledged by the Governor-General in Taiwan and the indigenous tribes. When the Taroko War broke out in 1914, the army would assemble at Zhuifeng Police Post before heading to Hehuanshan as there was a large supply station.

Liying Police Post is located on the top of Mount Liying, above New Bowang Village of Qingjing Farm in Ren’ai Township, Nantou County. It is 2,219 meters above sea level and overlooks the Xueshan Range, the Hehuan peaks, the Qilai peaks and the Shoucheng Dashan. This place was originally the ruins of the Seediq’s Tadaka Hamlet of the Wushe group. During the Japanese occupation, the Governor-General in Taiwan had a fort to suppress the hamlet of the Wushe group. Today, there are forest trails and industrial roads that lead to the top of the mountain.

The Dabang Police Dormitory, located behind the Dabang Police Post in Alishan, was used by the Governor-General in Taiwan to send officers there to supervise the local Tsou people during the Japanese occupation. Due to the changes in the Lifan Policy (Indigene Management), the Dabang Police Post had different names and functions. It was not until the legalization of the station where the officers were stationed that it was named the Dabang Police Officer Station in 1913. At that time, the police dormitory where Dabang was stationed not only provided police housing, but also hosted officials who came for inspection. After the war, the National Government changed it to a dormitory for the mayor’s family members. Currently, the building has been renovated and is being used as the Dabang Visitor Information Center.

The Dabang Police Station is located in Dabang Village, Alishan Township, Chiayi County on the terrace where Tefuye River and Changgu River merge into the mainstream, about 970 meters above sea level. The traditional Tsou name of the place, Dabanu, was taken from the last name of the chief who established the tribe. During the Japanese occupation, the Government-General in Taiwan set up a police post in the Dabang tribe. However, due to changes in the Lifan Policy (Indigene Management), the police post had different names and functions. After the police posts were legalized in 1913, it was named Dabang police officer station.

Today, Dabang Police Station still has an independent firearms and ammunition warehouse as well as the police dormitory of that time.

The Nanban Shigesuke Monument is located at the back of Old Haocha Elementary School, on a path that leads to the village’s water source. The monument is made of two large stones stacked together and is 2 meters tall. The words, “Nanban Shigesuke Monument”, are engraved on one side, while the date of death, June 20 Showa 9, is engraved on the other. This monument mainly commemorates Nanban Shigesuke, who served as the head of the Kochayabokan Police Post during the Japanese occupation and ended his life on June 20, 1934.

However, in the post-war period, the National Government filled the monument with cement, painted in white and wrote in blue “Do not forget national humiliation in time of peace and security”. As time went by, the cement that had been smeared gradually eroded and the inscriptions from the Japanese occupation gradually re-emerges.

Huabanuo Police Post is located on the ridge line south-west of the Dafeng Police Post, about 1,930 meters above sea level. It was built in 1920, and was the final stop on the Huabanuo branch of the Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail. The outlook from there is excellent and the terrain is dangerous, making the location a strategic point. Therefore, the Governor-General in Taiwan set up three different types of cannons there. The firing range of these cannons covered almost all of the neighboring Bunun tribes. In addition, the building of the police post was designed and constructed according to the Japanese-style modular square method, using standardized building materials. Since it was built on the ridge line, there was no water available. Water must be drawn from an outside water source through water pipes of a thousand meters long.

The Monument of the Martyrs is located about 1,250 meters above sea level at the Dafeng entrance, where the police officers held welcome and farewell ceremonies. To get here, walk past the Dafeng Railway Bridge and walk up a sloping path on the Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail. Entering from this point is the Dafeng district. The Monument of the Martyrs is made of natural stone with a pebble base. According to the shape, materials and inscriptions of the stele, it is speculated that this stele mainly commemorates the victims of the Dafeng incident, although the inscription behind it is not very clear.

The Dafeng Police Post is located near the Monument of Dafeng Incident. It was established in 1911 and was one of the earliest police posts established during the Japanese occupation. However, the building was burned down during the Dafeng Incident in 1915. In 1920,  the Governor-General in Taiwan rebuilt the police post in a new location by the mountainside with a Wude Hall, armory room, official dormitories, offices, and an exchange place. In the post-war period, the police post was once used by the Forestry Bureau, and some Bunun people who originally lived in Dafeng also returned to settle down.

Today, the Yushan National Park Management Office built a steel-framed iron-clad Dafen mountain hut on the former site of the police post in order to provide accommodation for researchers and hikers.

The Rakura Police Post is located near the Rakura Bridge on the Batongguan Traversing Historic Trail, at an altitude of about 1,355 meters. It was established in 1920 and abolished in 1944. To get there, walk past the collapsed cliff of Tuge and Rakura Bridge, continue for about 15 minutes, and you will enter a forest of Taiwan red pines. From there, you will see the signpost for the Rakura Police Post stationed by the Yushan National Park Management Office on the side of the road. The police post was once described as a forest resort with a laid-back atmosphere in the "Eastern Taiwan Outlook", which was published during the Japanese occupation.