Longtian Elementary School

Longtian Elementary is the oldest school in Luye Township, founded in 1917 under Japanese colonial rule as "鹿野尋常高等小學校" — a school built exclusively for the children of Japanese settlers in the newly established immigrant farming village of Longtian. During this period, the school was so admired for its design and grounds that it was widely called "the most beautiful school in Taitung." A separate school for Taiwanese and Indigenous children was founded alongside it in 1923, and the two were later merged. Longtian's campus today still preserves a Japanese-era principal's residence — now a registered historic building — along with one of Taiwan's earliest nursery and daycare facilities, physical reminders of the school's century-long history at the heart of one of Taitung's most storied colonial-era communities.

龍田國小是鹿野鄉歷史最悠久的學校，創立於日治大正6年（1917年），初名「鹿野尋常高等小學校」，最初僅招收新成立的龍田移民村中日本移民子弟就讀。在那個年代，這所學校因校舍與庭園設計精美，曾被譽為「全臺東最美麗的學校」。民國12年（1923年），另一所專供台灣人與原住民子弟就讀的學校在旁成立，後與龍田國小合併。如今，龍田國小校園內仍保存一棟日治時期的校長宿舍，已登錄為歷史建築，並設有全台最早期的托兒／保育設施之一——這些都是這所百年老校位於台東最富故事性的日治時期聚落核心的實體見證。