Katratripulr
AntC sent in this snippet of Taiwan history overlaying today's native culture rights movement: Taiwan News (in English); Liberty Times Net (in Mandarin). The articles tell a tale of vast amounts of gold stashed away by Japanese colonialists and treasure seekers trying to find it now three quarters of a century later. The photograph of the excavation site in the latter article looks pretty hit or miss.
Allegedly, the fleeing Japanese occupiers buried gold somewhere near Taitung (city; county) in the Jhihben Hot Springs (Zhīběn wēnquán 知本溫泉) area. This is a steep gorge running into the mountains southwest of Taitung. There are plentiful thermal springs in the gorge, with huge resort-hotels that (before Covid) were a magnet for Japanese tourists.
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