The shrine is in the remotest northeastern part of Takenouchi village, an uncommon moat settlement in the Nara Basin, which is located in the highlands at an altitude of 100m or more.
奈良盆地でも珍しい、標高100ｍ以上の高地に位置する環濠集落である、竹之内の集落の東北奥に位置する。