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Continued from Emperor Jinmu (2) Finally , the Prince and his party came to Osaka bay and landed on the ground. However, a local deity called Nagasune-hiko (Nagasune) and his army had been waiting to crush the Prince and his party. There have been some academic arguments about the reason why Nagasune was hostile against the Prince Iware and one of them argues that that was because of a god called Nigiyahahi. Nigiyahahi was a god who had come down to the land of Japan before Ninigi-the grandson of Amaterasu and the ancestor of Prince Iware, came down to Kyushu. Nigihayahi would not have liked the Prince, a direct descendant of Amaterasu, to rule Japan. At that time,  Nagasune deeply worshiped the god [1] and the god supported Nagasune in return. To Nigihayahi as the first deity who came from the heaven to the land of Japan ,, the Prince Iware is a hindrance since the Prince is from the heavenly goddess's line [2] .  No matter what reason it was, Nagasune and his army ...

Located in a road in a countryside with a long history. This is the place where the first emperor of Japan was borne. The origin of Sano Jinja Shrine was established 2,500 years ago at the very place where the first emperor Jinmu was borne by the order of the fifth emperor Kousho（考昭天皇) to show respects to his ancestor. However, it has been moved back and forth whenever Mt. Kirishima, an active volcano located in the south in Kyushu island, exploded. Currently, the main body of Sano Jinja Shrine is a bit away from the birthplace and there is a small shrine called Ouji-baru Shrine（皇子原神社）in the place as an annex attached to the Sano Jinja Shrine. In the Jinmu's legend, he moved to Miyazaki, an hour away from the shrine by car, after he spent several years in Sano district. In Miyazaki, there is a big shrine called Miyazaki Jingu Shrine in the place where Jinmu spent his time until he became 45 years old. Because of this mythological relationship, Sano Jinja Shrin...