This ancient shrine is said to have been founded in 862 by Todo, grandson of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, a Shogun of the early Heian period, who enshrined Susanoo-no-Mikoto in the first hall as the guardian deity of Hirano-go. In 1190, at the beginning of the Kamakura period, Kumano Sansho Gongen was enshrined in the second hall, and by imperial order of Emperor Godaigo, Izanami-no-Mikoto, Hayatama-no-O-Mikoto, and Kotosaka-no-O-Mikoto were enshrined in the third hall. All three shrine buildings are designated as Important Cultural Properties. It is the only remaining renga (linked poetry) hall in Japan. While renga (linked poetry) gatherings had fallen into disuse after the Meiji era, they were revived in 1987, and Hirano Horaku Renga (linked poetry) gatherings are regularly held here. Within the shrine grounds, there is a large camphor tree (a prefectural natural monument) that is said to be 800 or 1000 years old, as well as a giant 500-year-old "Tarachine Ginkgo" tree. It is said that if you make a wish to this giant tree, your breast milk supply will improve and breast diseases will be cured. Every year on April 13th, the "Rice Planting Ceremony" (a national intangible folk cultural property) is held to pray for a good harvest and financial luck, and the "seeds of good fortune" bestowed by the gods are sown in the worship hall, which is designed to resemble a rice field.