Originally, it was built in a kanjo (ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location) of a branch shrine of Hachioji-gu Shrine in Omi to former Hachioji, Meiji-mura in 1469.
もとは1469年（文明(日本)元年）に旧明治村八王子へ、近江の八王子宮の分霊を勧請したもの。