It was christened by the Asuka Village Board of Education but some researchers have made strong arguments questioning the relationship between Sakafuneishi and those pieces of turtle-shape stonework and some say this name is inappropriate.
この命名は明日香村教育委員会によるが、研究者の間では酒船石と亀形石造物との関連性を疑う意見も強く、この名称は適当ではないとの意見も存在する。