It is notable for its giant ginkgo tree,[1] suspected to be 600 years old and designated a Natural Monument in 1939, and for its annual festival (held in August), which includes a mikoshi parade and a performance of dengaku dance.

Ōta Dōkan (1432-1486), the samurai and Buddhist monk who designed and built the Edo Castle (now the Imperial Palace), is said to have taken shelter from a storm under a big castanopsis tree in the shrine precincts which was destroyed, probably during World War II.

[10] The shrine entrance is marked by a big concrete torii (鳥居, literally bird abode) in the myōjin style, very common in Shinto architecture, characterized by curved upper lintels.

On its right side stand a chōzuya (手水舎), the traditional water ablution pavilion used by worshippers to purify themselves before approaching the shrine.

[14] Unlike most of the Ōji shrine, the ginkgo tree survived the bombing of Tokyo during World War II, although the top part of the trunk was damaged.