This shrine enshrined the former otabisho (place where the sacred palanquin is lodged during a festival) that was transferred from the Yasaka-jinja Shrine between Shoshoi-cho and Otabi-cho, Shoshoi.
かつて少将井町・少将井御旅町両町の間にあった八坂神社の御旅所を遷祀したものという。