Suwa Shrine
The earliest surviving literary references to a shrine in Suwa dedicated to Takeminakata are in the "Shinshō Kyakuchoku Fushō" ( 'New Extracts from Decrees and Edicts', 806 CE), which speaks of "Takeminakatatomi-no-Mikoto-no-Kami" being given land grants by the court, and the "Sendai Kuji Hongi", commonly dated to the 9th-10th century, which explicitly refers to Takeminakata as being enshrined in "Suwa Shrine in the district of Suwa in Shinano Province" (信濃国諏方郡諏方神社).