The Hachi-jinja Srine （八神社）is one of the most traditional Shinto（神道）shrines in Japan.It was established about 1200 ago,in the HEIAN period（806AD）.

Hachi of Hachi-jinja means eight in Japanese,because the Shrine honors these following eight Gods;

Takamimusubi-no-kami（高御産日神）Kamimusubi-no-kami（神産日神）Ikumusubi-no-kami（生産日神）Tarumusubi-no-kami（足産日神）Tamatsumemusubi-no-kami（玉積産日神）Omiyame（大宮売）Miketsu-kami（御食津神）Kotoshironushi-no-kami（事代主神）

These Gods are mentioned at the beginning of "KOJIKI,（古事記）"a mythological chronology as well as"NIHON-SHOKI（日本書紀）,"a historical chronicle.