Kifune-jinja's foundation date is unclear, but its origins began with the arrival of Tamayori-hime (玉依毘売命), the divine mother of Emperor Jimmu, Japan's first emperor.

She sailed up the Yodo-gawa and Kamo-gawa rivers on a yellow boat, until she came upon a spring in the mountains.

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