A Myojin Taisha-ranked shrine listed in the Engishiki, enshrined at the center of Asuka. The Onda Festival, held on the first Sunday of February each year, is nationally known as one of Japan's most extraordinary festivals, a rite praying for abundant harvests and the prosperity of descendants that draws large numbers of spectators. The yin-yang stones within the precincts attract devotion for chi…

The exact founding date of Asuka-niimasu Jinja remains unknown, but the Nihon Shoki records that deities including Ōmononushi and Asuka-kanabi-miminama were enshrined here during the reign of Emperor Sujin, traditionally placing the shrine's origins in the early centuries of the Common Era. By 927, …