Up until the Meiji period, worshipers of Kasuga-taisha Shrine thought they should visit Enomoto-jinja Shrine first while beating a pillar with a fist many times (because the god of Enomoto is deaf) saying 'Kasuga-san, I have come to visit you' and go around his Hokora and then proceed to the main hall.
明治時代までは、春日大社の参詣者は、まず榎本神社に参拝し、柱を握り拳で何度も叩きながら（榎本の神は耳が遠いので）「春日さん、お参りました」などと言い、榎本神社の祠の周りを廻った後に本殿に参るという慣習があった。