This shrine has its origins on a lone island in the ocean long ago when Minamoto no Toru enshrined the goddess Amaterasu Omikami. The shrine building faced west, so it was called the “God of the Sunset” and “Sunset Shrine.” The buildings were lost in the Great Kita Fire of 1909, Shinmeisha Shrine was merged with Tsuyuten Shrine (Ohatsu Tenjin), and a monument was erected on this spot.