[2] It is colloquially called Sea Shrine (海神社, Umi Jinja) due to that being a more common reading of the characters.

[3]: 7 According to the shrine's legend, Empress Jingū was nearly shipwrecked when returning to Japan from a military conquest in Korea.

[2] The son of Tomomi no Sukune who accompanied the Empress on her expedition became the first priest of the shrine.

[2] It was listed as a Myojin Taisha, the highest rank of significant shrines in the 927 AD Engishiki.

[5] In the Edo Period it gained a lot of significance for the rulers of the Akashi Domain, who visited it every February.