Sasaki shrine is located in the birthplace of the family name Sasaki

If you come to Japan, perhaps you will meet person who has the name "Sasaki".
Sasaki is one of typical family names in Japan.
The origin of the family name was the manor of Sasaki in Omi province (the same area as current Shiga prefecture).
The Sasaki shrine is located in the area where the manor of Sasaki had existed.

There was a reason why the family name Sasaki spread all over Japan.
At the Heian and Kamakura period, the warlord Sasaki Hideyoshi and his sons who based in the manor of Sasaki fought under the Minamoto clan.
Minamoto clan founded Kamakura shogunate, and for their contribution to battles, Sasaki clan got new domains and their offspring have spread to there.
As a result, Sasaki clan and also their name Sasaki extended.

At the medieval period, there were many family of daimyo or warlords which had came from Sasaki clan.
Rokkaku, Amako and Kyogoku were famous as medieval daimyo.
Especially, Rokkaku family have ruled the south part of Omi province which included the manor of Sasaki.
They were the direct line of descent of the Sasaki clan.
However Rokkaku family was defeated and ruined by daimyo Oda Nobunaga from Owari province (the western part of current Aichi) in battles, therefore they had to leave the birthplace of their clan.

Even though that, Sasaki shrine have been worshiped by the descendants of Sasaki clan as their guardian deity.
Today, people who have the name Sasaki come to visit the shrine from all over Japan.
The shrine is located in Omihachiman city, Shiga.
If you visit the shrine and find many tourists in the precincts there, some of them must be Sasaki san.