Himemiya jinja

Located in the Nanwari area on a gentle slope, Himemiya Shrine is said to have been founded during the reign of Emperor Ōjin.
Another Himemiya Shrine, also enshrined from Atsuta Shrine, was located in the Ōtagiri area nearby but was later merged with the Nanwari Himemiya Shrine.
A stone torii gate stands at the entrance to the shrine grounds, and a wooden torii gate is situated midway along the approach.
The surrounding area is a quiet village, and the roads around the shrine are narrow.

The worship hall has a gabled roof with chigi and katsuogi, and behind it stands a covering structure resembling shinmei-zukuri with ridge poles.
The main shrine housed inside the covering is a small, single-bay nagare-zukuri structure with a cypress bark roof.
The frame members are lacquered in black, though significantly faded.
The brackets of the main structure are simplified, with the middle section omitted, and the extended beam of the eaves is bent upwards, with a to placed between it and the beam.
Based on architectural features such as the decorative patterns, it is judged to be a structure from the late 17th century.