Although there is no documentary evidence, the shrine's legend states that it was founded in the year 3 BCE[3] during the reign of the legendary Emperor Suinin by the order of Princess Yamato on the site of the grave of Sarutahiko.

It first appears in historical documentation in an entry dated 748 in the Daianji garan engi nami rukishizaichō (大安寺伽藍縁起並流記資財帳) records of Daian-ji in Nara.

As Sarutahiko is revered in aikido, Tsubaki has a martial arts hall for practice, as well as an archery range for the practitioners of kyūdō.

Behind the main shrine hall is a sacred waterfall, Kinryū Myōjin no Taki, where misogi is practiced.

[6] The shrine is located 45 minutes by bus from Kasado Station on the JR Central Kansai Main Line.