It also sent Prince Awagi to Japan in 661, taking advantage of the event that the fourth Japanese envoys to Tang drifted down to Tamna, and began to pay tributes to Japan; since then, as far as we can see in the official records, its envoys visited Japan at least nine times until 678, continuing to pay tributes to Japanese Imperial court until it was subjected to Silla in 679.
また661年（斉明天皇7年）には第4回遣唐使が耽羅に漂着したことを期に王子阿波伎等を日本に派遣し入貢し、以後耽羅からは678年（天武天皇7年）までの間に公式記録に残るだけで計9次の使節が日本を訪れ、679年（日本天武天皇8年、新羅文武王元年）に新羅に服属するまで朝貢を続けた。