About the place
Usa Jingū (宇佐神宮?), also known as Usa Hachimangū (宇佐八幡宮?), is a Shinto shrine in the city of Usa in Ōita Prefecture in Japan. 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.[1] The Usa Jingū has long been the recipient of Imperial patronage; and its prestige is considered second only to that of Ise.[3]