Located in what was once Echizen Province, the shrine stands in a city nicknamed 'Phoenix City' for rising from complete destruction twice in three years during the 1940s.

Asuwa Jinja는 후쿠이의 주요 신사 중 하나로 꼽히며 지역 문화와 역사에서 중요한 위치를 차지하고 있습니다.

The shrine serves as one of Fukui's most representative jinja, widely revered by local citizens who have turned to it as a spiritual center through the city's dramatic rebirth after WWII devastation and the 1948 earthquake.

The Asuwa district where the shrine resides was once part of territory ruled by the Asakura clan, whose fortified valley at Ichijōdani housed over 10,000 people during its 16th century peak.