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All of the painted details and scroll work is easy to overlook when you're overwhelmed by the place, but when you're just standing around, taking it all in, you begin to see how much care is put into even the smallest pieces.

Also, you would not believe how inspiring these color sets are. I am thinking of making a series of paintings or corsets with these colors and shapes in them - they're just an idea right now, but you never know where it might lead. Either way, I think it's beautiful!

More from this shoot
Mid-December, we checked out a car and decided to go to Usa Jingū . It is one of the largest shrines in the area, and one of the most important Shinto shrines dedicated to kami Hachiman in the country. It is a huge complex of many shrines, which we only got to see about a quarter of in our time there. We will be heading back once it gets warmer out (and the colors aren't so drab), and taking many pictures. For now, however, here are some of the pictures from this midwinter shoot.
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Usa Jingū 「宇佐神宮」 : December 16, 2012
Usa-shi, Oita-ken, Kyushu, Japan
　宇佐市　　大分県　　九州　　日本

Description
All of the painted details and scroll work is easy to overlook when you're overwhelmed by the place, but when you're just standing around, taking it all in, you begin to see how much care is put into even the smallest pieces.

Also, you would not believe how inspiring these color sets are. I am thinking of making a series of paintings or corsets with these colors and shapes in them - they're just an idea right now, but you never know where it might lead. Either way, I think it's beautiful!

More from this shoot
Mid-December, we checked out a car and decided to go to Usa Jingū . It is one of the largest shrines in the area, and one of the most important Shinto shrines dedicated to kami Hachiman in the country. It is a huge complex of many shrines, which we only got to see about a quarter of in our time there. We will be heading back once it gets warmer out (and the colors aren't so drab), and taking many pictures. For now, however, here are some of the pictures from this midwinter shoot.
[thumbs when all pictures are uploaded]

Usa Jingū 「宇佐神宮」 : December 16, 2012
Usa-shi, Oita-ken, Kyushu, Japan
　宇佐市　　大分県　　九州　　日本