This shrine is said to have been founded by Yoshimitsu Ashikaga in 1382. The town of Nozato is a traditional village that was opened along the right bank of the old Nakatsugawa River (currently the Nishiyodogawa River) when the Shinyodogawa River was excavated at the end of the Meiji period. It is known for holding Shinto rituals (known as an intangible cultural property of the prefecture). Since the village of Nozato has been hit by storms, floods, and epidemics one after another for a long time, the villagers began to perform a ritual to dedicate their daughters to the god every year on January 20th of the lunar calendar. Seven years later, a samurai passing through the village volunteered to exterminate the village, and decided to pretend to be a sacrifice in her daughter's place. The next morning, there was no sign of the samurai, but when he followed the trail of blood, he found a large dead Hihi. This story is told in the story of ``Iwami Jutaro's slaying of the Hihi.'' On February 20th, when the current festival is held, seven girls selected from the parishioners approach the shrine with seven beautifully decorated buckets of offerings. Some of the tools used are ink calligraphy from 1702, confirming that this is an old ritual. Additionally, on the east side of the precincts, there is a ditch left by an embankment from the late Meiji period.