Rin Tou Japanese Landing Memorial Introduction
The Lin-tou Memorial Monument commemorates the landing of the Japanese army in Lin-tou during their invasion of Penghu. It stands approximately over ten meters tall and has an octagonal plan. Constructed of granite, it is surrounded by a wall made of cat river stones, and its main structure can be divided into three sections. The total area is about 434 square meters. It is currently the earliest memorial in Taiwan related to the Japanese invasion. The monument was erected by the Imperial Japanese Navy following the Lin-tou landing during the 1895 campaign, with the original inscription reading "Meiji 28th Year, Joint Naval Landing Forces Memorial." The monument was established on March 23, 1924 (Taisho 13), at a cost of over one thousand yen, bearing the signatures of Port Commander Taniguchi and Penghu County Magistrate Takeshita. After World War II, following the Republic of China government's takeover, the inscription was changed to "Taiwan Restoration Memorial." After the defeat of the Japanese army in the thirty-fourth year of the Republic (1945), it was renamed "Victory in the War of Resistance Memorial." 【Recommended stay time】 0.5 hours
The monument stands about ten meters tall and has an octagonal base.
