It had been worshiped since the Yayoi period, and Kasagi-dera Temple, which was a training seminary for mountaineering asceticism for 1300 years, is located in the mountain.
信仰の対象としての歴史は弥生時代にまで遡るとされ、山中にはかつて修験道の行場であり1300年の歴史をもつ笠置寺がある。