Shrine tradition and the Kogo Shūi records of 807 AD gives the founder as a member of the Inbe clan, (the precursors to the Nakatomi clan) during the reign of the legendary Emperor Jimmu, who settled in this area from Awa Province in Shikoku.

It was patronized by Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Kamakura period and was recognized as the ichinomiya of the province since around this time.

The shrine was completely destroyed by a large earthquake in 1499, and was rebuilt in 1593 by Satomi Yoshinari.

[3] During archaeological investigations in 1931, numerous Jōmon and Kofun period artifacts were recovered, including a number of bronze mirrors, clay vessels and the skeletons of 22 people.

[4] The shrine is a ten-kilometer walk from Tateyama Station on the JR East Uchibo Line.