According to legend, a golden eagle kidnapped 2-year-old Roben from Kanagawa and carried him across Japan to Nara. Years later, his parents found him at Todai-ji temple, and he returned to found this shrine.

The view from the lower shrine earned a two-star rating in the Michelin Guide. At 696 meters elevation, visitors can see across the city all the way to the bay while drinking sacred spring water from a dragon's head.

The shrine's name 'Afuri' comes from the Japanese word for rainfall. For over 2,000 years, farmers have climbed this mountain to pray to the rain and thunder deities for good harvests.

오야마 아후리 신사는 7세기에 승려 로벤에 의해 창건되었다고 전해집니다.