The exact date of our founding is unknown, but it is said to have been established by the Ando clan, a powerful family that ruled this area from the Kamakura to the Muromachi periods. In old maps from the Edo period, the land of Takayama is marked as Sanno (Mountain King) Bozan. According to the shrine legend of the Sanno Shrine, a subsidiary shrine within our grounds, there was a large sacred site centered around the Hiyoshi Shrine of Sanno-bo, with thirteen temples lined up. It flourished as a place of prayer for the Ando clan, but was burned down around 1443 (Kaki 3) [or 1432 (Eikyo 4)] by the Nanbu forces. At this time, it is said that the Sanno Okami (Great God) shone with golden light and descended like a shooting star to the sacred land of Takayama. According to the shrine legend of the Inari Shrine, in 1701 (Genroku 14) of the Edo period, when the Ako domain was abolished due to the incident in which Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori, the lord of the Ako domain, attacked Kira Yoshinaka in Edo Castle, the retainer Terazaka Gengoro carried the spirit of the Inari Okami enshrined in Ako Castle. After wandering, he settled in Hirosaki Castle town in Tsugaru, and then moved to Ajigasawa, where he lived and prospered as a brewer, calling himself "Akoya." When his descendants moved to Ojima, they were told to enshrine the spirit in this sacred land of Takayama, and so they did. Considering these things together, it is thought that the Sanno Shrine was originally enshrined, and then the Inari Shrine was established in the Edo period. With the rise of Inari faith in the Edo period, the Inari Shrine prospered, and the original Sanno Shrine declined. It is located at the base of the Tsugaru Peninsula, overlooking the Sea of Japan. The vast garden with a thousand torii gates offers a spectacular view. About a 50-minute drive from Aomori Station. A super Instagrammable spot! There are so many Inari statues, it's a little scary.