I went to visit the Usa [
oo - sah] Shrine with Tash yesterday. The
Usa Shrine is one of the most important shrines in
Shintoism and is dedicated to the god
Hachiman, who is the god of war and the divine protector of the Japanese islands and the Japanese people. Even though this shrine is only 30 minutes from my house, in the 3 years I have lived here, I had never been there before, so I decided to squeeze in some last minute cultural sightseeing before I return to the other USA, the United States of America. The shrine is an oasis of nature, with big trees and overgrown foliage and of beautiful, traditional architecture in an otherwise mundane modern suburban city of
Usa.
Omikuji (fortune paper strips) tied to ropes.
Ema (wooden prayer plaques)
Lee-Sean Huang
JETAA 2003-2006
Oita Prefecture
