In 1619 construction of a main hall was begun at what is the present site of the shrine and it was completed in 1628. Just 40 years later, however, the main hall was destroyed by fire and a temporary hall was opened at a nearby temple: in 1672 rebuilding was completed. In September 1869 the shrine was renamed Hiei Jinja, before being again renamed, as Mita (三田) Hachiman Jinja, in 1874 and given the rank of rural district shrine (Gōsha). In 1879 its name was changed again, reverting to the earlier Mita (御田) Hachiman Jinja. Come the fire bombings of 1945 and the main hall, which had survived since 1672, was burnt to a cinder, along with the rest of the shrine. Rebuilding was completed in 1954.

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Description

A roughly five min. walk from the A3 exit of Sengakuji Station.  For me the most interesting feature of this shrine is the pair of koma-inu in front of the prayer hall. They were erected in 1696 and are among the oldest in Kantō. Takuki says that the oldest ones in Kantō, dating to 1636, are those at the Nikko Tōshō-gū. The Inari Jinja tucked away in the rear of the shrine could be described as quaint in a rundown way.