Enshrining Minamoto no Yoshitsune as its principal deity, Yoshitsune Shrine in Biratori Town in the southeastern part of Hokkaido is a shrine famous for the legend of Yoshitsune. In 1798, when Kondo Juzo explored eastern Ezo (present-day Hokkaido) under the order of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he found that the Ainu people in this area had a great respect for Yoshitsune. He ordered to make the statue of Yoshitsune and placed it in the village of Biratori. In 1876, the place where the statue was located was designated as the village shrine by the Meiji government and it became Yoshitsune Shrine.

According to the legend, Yoshitsune had successfully escaped from the siege in Hiraizumi and fled to Hokkaido, where he loved the local people and taught them how to plough fields, make and steer boats and weave fabric.

The shrine precinct and its surrounding area is now arranged into a park, where visitors can enjoy viewing cherry and azalea blossoms in spring and autumn colors in fall. The exquisite landscape of the Hidaka Mountain Range and the Saru River can be seen from the hilltop. The documents and data concerning Yoshitsune are exhibited in Yoshitsune Museum in the park.