The shrine's main festival is held annually on April 3.

The original construction of this shrine is unknown, but it is said to have been constructed on the location where Ōkuninushi landed with 300 of his folders from Izumo to subdue the inhabitants of Noto Peninsula during the reign of the demi-legendary 8th Emperor Kōgen or 10th Emperor Sujin.

The shrine is first mentioned in history in a poem in the Man'yōshū by Otomo no Yakamochi dated 748 AD.

The shrine was patronised by the Maeda clan during the Edo period and a number of its structures date from this time.

Five of the shrine's structures have been designated Important Cultural Properties: This article relating to Shinto is a stub.