However, the construction of main sanctuaries only developed when the later belief emerged that kami permanently reside in a single location, and before this time, they were not enshrined in small shrines but simply worshipped on site.
しかし、社殿を備えるようになったのは神の常在を信じるようになった後世の変化で、それ以前は祠もなく、祭場のみだった。