According to a legend, the area around here was called Yaturugi Village, 
and the deity of this area was called the Yaturugi Deity. (Yatsurugi means 
eight swords.) During the reign of Keiko Emperor, his son, Yamato Takeru 
was making his way towards theeastern area of Japan to conquer it.

When he crossed the Uraga Channel, a fierce rainstorm occurred and the 
ship was almost capsized Princess Tachibana said "This is because you 
said that when you saw the channel you said that the sea was so small 
that you could jump it and cross it easily."

Suddenly she threw herself from the ship to ease the deity's anger.

Then Takeru crossed the sea snd reached Yaturugi Village.

He lamented over his wife's death and stayed at the village for some time. 
This is the origin of the place- name, Kisarazu.

Kisarazu means 'You never leave' in Japanese.

Minamoto no Yoritomo dedicated land and built a shrine pavilion as he 
founded the Kamakura Shogunate.

In November 1591, Tokugawa Ieyasudedicated the land and issued a so-
called vermilion sealed document to confirm that the land is the shrine's 
property In November 5th 1614, the Siege of Osaka Winter Campaign took 
place. A lot of boatmen were hired by Ieyasu. 

In 1752, a big fire destroyed the shrine pavilions.

In 1773, the shrine pavilions were reconstructed. In 1793 it was repaired, 
in 1914 it was repaired fundamentally. And in 1871, the shrine was 
classified as gosha-class.

In 1980, on the occasion of pavilion renovation, all 162 paintings on the 
coffered ceiling were restored. Now, Yaturugi Deity is enshrined here as a 
deity of protection, for safe driving, safe delivery, prayer for the children's 
growth and future, business success and academic success. 

On November 5th 1614 , Tokugawa Shogunate 
paid gratitude to Kisarazu Village by 
dedicating land named Kisarazu Port in Edo. 
Permission to use the port, a bronze bird 
statue and silver were given. The statue was 
put up in a gorgeous Japanese style lacqured 
wooden box with a crest of hollyhock.

This hammer was used in 1773 for 

the framework-raising ceremony.

This ground plan shows the shrine's 
boundaries Even the points where the 
stakes were driven are shown. From the torii 
gate standing at the present shrine precinct 
straight to the shore was the shrine precinct 
at that time. The distance is also shown. 
There is an interesting sentence, "It's 
impossible to drive stakes here because of 
the tide".

Yabusame horse-back archery ground was 
placed perpendicular to the approach. We 
would say that the national road makes a 
right-angle turn in front of torii gate so as 
not to hit the horse-back archery ground.

The sign and seal of the villager of 
importance who worked for the shrine is 
shown on the plan.

Kisarazu city-designated cultural property

These were painted with influence from the Kano 
School by a painter in 1773, when the shrine

pavilions were reconstructed.

In 1980, on the occasion of renovation, the member 
of the Education Ministry's old pictures

preservation committee, Tanaka Yuzuru restored 
them.

Kisarazu city-designated cultural property

Kisarazu city-designated cultural 
property

This was dedicated in early Meiji era.

The wind ships were given special 
privileges from the Tokugawa Shogunate 
and sailed between Edo

and Kisarazu.