Five of its buildings, all dating to 1654, have been designated Important Cultural Properties.

[1] The torii and gates were damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Construction began in August 1649, and was completed in March 1654.

The shrine served as the tutelary temple of the Date clan during the Edo period.

However, with the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868, the new Meiji government initially closed the shrine.