A shrine said to have originated when villagers built a bamboo-thatched hall after the oni extermination, enshrining Emperor Kōrei and his family.
Read as 'Sasafuku-jinja.' According to tradition, after the oni extermination on Mt. Kizumi, the local people built a small hall thatched with bamboo leaves, and this became the origin of the shrine. The enshrined deities are Emperor Kōrei — said to have defeated the oni — and members of his family. It is one of several Sasafuku Shrines found across the Hino-gun area.
There is also a theory that the name 'Sasafuku' derives from 'fuigo' (bellows) associated with iron-sand tatara smelting. The Hino River basin is a rich source of iron sand, and the land that produced the legendary sword Dōjigiri Yasutsuna. Oni legend, masterwork swords, and the fires of tatara ironworking are all connected by a single thread — iron sand — and this shrine stands at that very knot.
As one of the sites associated with the Mt. Kizumi legend, it can be visited together with Mt. Kizumi and Sasato-yama.