In addition, the Nakatomi clan in charge of religious services had long placed their faith in Kashima no Kami, Takemikazuchi, because it came from Joso region that covers Kashima.
さらに、祭祀を司る中臣氏が鹿島を含む常総地方の出で、古くから鹿島神ことタケミカヅチを信奉していた。