Ōtori Shrine
大鳥神社In 1712 (Shōtoku 2), Manchiyo, the illegitimate son of Matsudaira Dewa Mori, the lord of Izumo Domain, contracted pox and was recuperating at the Takada Village Shimoyashiki near the Chitose Bridge.
It is said that he prayed to the Sagiura and Sagi Daimyojin of Izumo Province (now Ina Nishi Haki Shrine) and healed him, so he solicited the heron Daimyojin in the precincts of the Oniko Mother Shrine and dedicated it to the side of the Temizusha.
Since then, he has been revered as a god of protection from evil diseases.
Due to the Meiji government's decree for the separation of Shinto and Buddhist shrines, it was separated from the Oniko Mother God and continued as a shrine.
It was renamed Otori Shrine and moved to the site of a restaurant and butterfly shop along the Daimon zelkova tree.
Mr. Masakaku Yajima, who was a former shogunate, was concerned about this situation and consecrated 200 tsubo as a shrine site, and in 1887 (Meiji 20) it was moved to its current location, and in 1917 (Taisho 6), a new shrine was built.
In 1940 (Showa 15), the layout of the shrine was changed due to the culvert of the Tsunomaki River, which flowed on the north side of the shrine site.
In the same year, the private land of the priest (120 tsubo), which was adjacent to the precincts, was donated and incorporated into the precincts.
In 1955 (Showa 30), about 150 tsubo of land adjacent to the precincts was purchased and the company land was expanded.
In 1981 (Showa 56), due to the deterioration of the old shrine hall, it was replaced with the current shrine hall and the precincts were improved.