A shrine listed in the Engishiki, enshrining Oyamatsumi Okami, Takaokami no Kami, and Oikazuchi no Kami on Mt. Oyama in Isehara. Revered since antiquity as a rain deity, the name 'Afuri' derives from 'rain-bringing.' During the Edo period Oyama-ko pilgrimage associations flourished and hundreds of thousands visited annually. A cable car operates to the lower shrine today.

According to tradition, the shrine's founding dates to the reign of Emperor Sujin (97 BCE), when Oyamatsumi Okami was enshrined on the summit of Mt. Oyama. Venerated since antiquity as a deity of rain, the name 'Afuri' is said to derive from the Japanese word for 'rain-bringing.' The shrine is recor…