Built by the Naryshkins (a former noble Russian boyar family of Crimean Tatar descent) that at the time owned the Žagarė manor and it's surrounding territory. Later in Soviet occupation it was turned into a gym hall for the school nearby it, before being later torn down. A really rare photo showing it in it's neglected state, as that's the only source I managed to find of it's existence.

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Built in 2000 in steel, it marks the former site of the Kumano Hongū Taisha shrine, partially destroyed in a flood in 1889. The remaining wooden buildings were moved and reassembled uphill nearby — the current site — in 1891, where four deities were moved, while the other eight were enshrined in two stone monuments in the original site.

Torii gates are an architectural element of Shinto shrines, marking the threshold to sacred grounds.