The enshrined deity of Takihara-no-Miya is Amaterasu-Omikami. Takiharano-Miya is one of the superior affiliated shrines of Ise Jingu, and Takiharano-Narabi-no-Miya is located alongside it in the same grounds.The layout resembles Naiku with a long shrine approach. The purification place is at a nearby stream and the buildings are rebuilt in accordance with the Shikinen Sengu rebuilding ceremony. Some historians hypothesize that Takihara-no-Miya could be the prototype of Naiku.
