[4] It is linked to Tsubaki Grand Shrine the Ichinomiya of Ise Province.

Sarutahiko Ōkami (Japanese: 猿田毘古大神, 猿田彦大神) is a deity of the Japanese religion of Shinto; he is the leader of the earthly kami, the kunitsukami[8] In the Nihon Shoki, he is the one who meets Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the grandson of Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, when he descends from Takama-ga-hara.

[9] He is depicted as a towering man with a large beard, jeweled spear, ruddy face, and long nose.

At first he is unwilling to let Ninigi pass until persuaded by Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, the kami of dance and the arts, whom he later marries.

After guiding the Amatsukami to earth, he rested at the Isuzu River and here this shrine was established He, Ame-no-Uzume and their children subsequently created the Sarume clan [ja] (猿女の君).