In the year 701, HATA no Imikitori constructed shrine buildings on the current site to which he brought divine spirits from the iwakura near the summit of the mountain, and allowed his daughter to serve as priestess.
大宝(日本)元年（701年）、勅命により秦忌寸都理（はたのいみきとり）が現在地に社殿を造営し、山頂附近の磐座から神霊を移し、娘を斎女として奉仕させた。