Nishikori Shrine is about 500m north of Kawanishi Station on the Kintetsu Nagano Line. This area is the former Nishikoori district, and was once called Nishikibe district. Because it was an important route leading to the capital of Yamato via the waterway from Naniwa, continental culture was passed down, and it is said that there was a village named Baekje-kyo in ``Wameisho'' (a dictionary compiled in the Heian period). It is said. It is also said that the name ``Nishikori'' later became Nishikibe District, and that the place name Nishikori came about because people with textile skills who came from Baekje settled there and presented twill brocades and other textiles to the imperial court. Masu. The main shrine was built in 1363. It is a gorgeous three-room gabled building with a cypress bark roof, decorated with lacquer, tan lacquer, and coloring.It has been designated as an important cultural property of the country, along with the shrines on either side.