In order to properly receive the prince, the governor-general of Taiwan spared no labor in arranging for a stone road to be paved from Kaohsiung to Pingtung, and established a custom-built bathhouse for the prince at the Shankou Hotel at the source of the hot springs.
為了招待皇弟，台灣總督府不惜徵調民力，從高雄到屏東，沿途舖上石子路，位於溫泉源頭的「山口旅社」還特別趕建親王專用浴室，該浴室至今猶存。