It is dedicated to Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū and Sumiyoshi Sanjin.

Fujisaki Hachimangu has been respected as the defender of Higo, Kumamoto Prefecture.

In 1542, Emperor Go-Nara presented a wooden frame 八幡藤崎宮 which is now engraved over the Torii.

In 1877, the shrine was burnt amid the battle of Satsuma Rebellion and was reconstructed at Igawabuchi Machi, the present location.

However, this reminded some people of the term "Horoboshita," a phrase or slogan which loosely meant "Korea is destroyed," and supposedly used during the Imjin Wars of the 1590s, when Katō Kiyomasa was part of a campaign to conquer Korea.