However, according to the mokkan and "the Engishiki" discovered from Heijo-kyo, the provinces obligated to pay offerings were sited in the inland areas such as Shinano Province and Shimotsuke Province, and those were relatively far from kinai.
しかし、平城京から発見されている木簡や『延喜式』で贄を納めることを義務付けられていた国は、信濃国、下野国など内陸で比較的畿内より遠い国もある。