Per the Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku, this was a period of intense volcanic activity on Mount Fuji, and the shrine was built in order to appease the kami of the mountain.

The shrine is mentioned in the Engishiki records of 926 AD as a myōjin taisha (名神大社) and has been regarded as the ichinomiya of Kai Province since the end of the Heian period.

Through the Sengoku period, the Takeda clan patronized of the shrine, and its extensive land holdings in central Kai Province were confirmed by Tokugawa Ieyasu after the start of the Tokugawa shogunate.

The current Haiden of the shrine was built in 1672 and is a Tangible Culturalproperty of Fuefuki city.

[2] The shrine is a 60-minute walk (or 10-minute car ride) from Yamanashishi Station on the JR East Chūō Main Line.