 According to legend, a young samurai dared to ride his horse up the stairs to deliver plum blossoms to the "shōgun".It took his horse only one minute to get up, but 45 minutes to get down, and the horse was totally exhausted afterwards.The shrine was erected to protect the residents from fire, since its formerly excellent view was well suited to watch for fires, and therefore the main Shinto god worshiped in this shrine is the fire god "Homusubi no Mikoto".