Enshrined is Atago Gongen who protects Kyoto from fire.

[1] Shugendō practices and a place for worship are known from the eighth century.

[2] The late-Kamakura period Honden has been designated an Important Cultural Property.

[3] (Actually, the late-Kamakura period Honden is located at another Atago-jinja in Kameoka, to the northwest of Kyoto : 35°2′28″N 135°35′13″E / 35.04111°N 135.58694°E / 35.04111; 135.58694[1]) Atago Jinja is the head of nine hundred Atago shrines throughout Japan.

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