It is one type of Shinto Shrines. It enshrines Tenman-Tenjin, the spirit of Michizane Sugawa. It originated as a place to appease the angry revenging spirit of his, which was thought to have caused a lot of disasters in Kyoto.This belief came from the fact that Michizane, excellent minister and scholar, was expelled by some scheme of his rival out of the imperial court to Dazaihu and died there in great grief.