Asaginuno jinja

Founded approximately 1000 years ago during the Tenkei era.
It enshrines the same deities as Suwa Shrine, and the Onbashira festival is held in May during the years of the Tiger and Monkey.
The term "Maino" in the shrine's name originally refers to Kiso, indicating that this location, Niekawa, is part of the Kiso region.

The shrine forest, designated as a cultural property by the city, has four Onbashira pillars. Unlike other Suwa shrines where the pillars are at the four corners of the shrine grounds, here they are lined up in a row.
In 1582, the shrine buildings were burned down during Oda's invasion of Takeda's territory.
The shrine was later relocated to its current location and rebuilt.

The current shrine buildings were constructed in 1747.
They were built by the Kanahara family, known for their work in the Okita region, including the Nisinashina Shrine.
The main hall, housed in a covering building, is a red cypress-bark roofed structure with a three-bay flowing style.
The front part of the hall features a rainbow beam with the middle pillar omitted. Despite the colorful design, it has a simple style with minimal carvings, and the gable decorations include a pig's head carving.

The main hall's structure features a flat-sanshin arrangement, with a rainbow beam in the middle part, and the nose of the rainbow beam shaped like an animal.
The animal motif on the beam's nose is a style used during the Muromachi period, indicating an older design despite being built in the mid-Edo period.
Other old-style elements include a connected eaves beam without the use of real eaves beams under the rafter of the front part.
Overall, it is a rare example of an Edo period shrine building.