When Sugawara Michizane was relegated to Kyushu, he stopped around here. And, he longed for the capital.
The main shrine dismantled and reconstructed the main shrine in Heian Jingu Shrine.
There is Hachijogaike Pond within the enclosure of this shrine.
The pond has divided into two sections by the approach to a shrine where the Kirishima azalea grows.