The shrine is located on the site of the Kitabatakeshi Yakata, a fortified residence of the Tage Kitabatake clan during the Nanboku-chō period.

Kitabatake Tomofusa's 4th grandson Suzuki Sonbei Ieji built a small Hachiman shrine on this site in 1643.

The shrine Is located about ten minutes by car from the Hitsu Station on the JR Central Meishō Line.

They chose the mountainous Tage area which connected Yamato Province with the Ise Plain to be their stronghold and constructed a fortified residence (yakata) on a site that was protected by rivers to the east, south and north, with a steep slope to the west extending to their main redoubt in the mountains, Kiriyama Castle.

[5] The site of the residence was excavated in 1996, during which time the remains of many buildings from the first half of the 15th century were discovered, along with ceramic shards from China and from many parts of Japan, fragments of armor, and of Buddhist statues and ritual items.