A shrine enshrined at the heart of the town as the tutelary deity of Tsuwano. The Sagi-mai (Heron Dance) ritual performed every July has been designated a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, and the elegant dance of performers dressed as white herons is nationally celebrated as a summer tradition of Tsuwano. This ritual is said to have been transmitted from Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto…

津和野藩の産土神として厚く崇敬された神社。京都の八坂神社を勧請して創建されたとされ、祇園信仰が根づいた。鷺舞神事は江戸時代初期に京都から伝えられたとされ、以来津和野の夏を彩る重要な祭礼として継承されてきた。