It was originally located at the western foot of Mt. Unebi, as described in the "Gogun Jinja-ki" (Record of Shrines in Five Counties) in 1466: 'Unebiyamaguchi-jinja Shrine, it is located at the western foot of Mt. Unabi in Kume-go'
元々畝傍山西麓にあり、文安3年（1446年）の『五郡神社記』には「畝傍山口神社、在久米郷畝火山西山尾」とある。