Especially, the shop located in the Imamiya-jinja Shrine is said to be the oldest Japanese sweet shop operating since the Heian period, which is said to have served aburimochi to starved people on the entrance path to the shrine during the Onin War and during other times of famine.
特に今宮神社の店は、平安時代頃からある日本最古の和菓子屋とされ、今宮神社参道で応仁の乱や飢饉のとき庶民に振舞ったといういわれがある。