Although it is believed that Kokuheisha was set up because hafuribe at shrines in distant provinces had difficulty in traveling to the capital city, some significant shrines in distant provinces were classified as Kanpeisha.
国幣社が設けられたのは、遠隔地の神社では祝部の上京が困難であるためとされているが、遠隔地でも重要な神社は官幣社とされている。