In the first century, Wakoku was established mainly in the northern Kyushu, and the king of wakoku established the capital in Wanonanokuni (small country in the Hakata area of Fukuoka prefecture) close to the Hakata Bay, paying tribute to the Han dynasty.
1世紀には倭国が北部九州を中心にとした地域に成立し、倭国王は博多湾近くの倭奴国に首都をおいて漢に朝貢していた。