It is unclear when it was built, but it is located at a traditional place called Katashio Ukiana no Miyaato (the ruins of the Katashio Ukiana Palace), which was the capital in the reign of the third Emperor, Annei.
創建年代は不明であるが、第三代安寧天皇の時代の都である片塩浮穴宮跡の伝承地に鎮座している。