Before being moved to its current site in 1055, the shrine's main worship hall was located on a rise next to the Kifune River at the site of the current inner shrine. The shrine's grounds include a waterfall where prayers for rain were performed as well as a stone fortress shaped like a ship - called a funagataishi - located to the west of the inner shrine. The shrine is well known for a visit by Heian Period poet Izumi Shikibu, who prayed for reconciliation with her husband. The couple later resolved their differences.