Usa Shrine, in Usa
Usa Shrine is located in Usa, Oita-prefecture.
One of the most beautiful Shrine in Japan, the head shrine of Hachiman Shrine that is
composed 44,000 shrines that dedicated to the Hachiman Deity.
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Emperor Ojin, who was deified as Hachiman-jin (the tutelary god of warriors), is said
to be enshrined in all the sites dedicated to him; and the first and earliest of these was
at Usa in the early 8th century. The Shrine is was founded in 727