In addition to that, according to a legend of the Kusanagi-jinja Shrine, which worships Yamato Takeru, 'Although he subdued the eastern regions, he passed away at Nobono in Ise on his way back to the capital.
なお、ヤマトタケルを祭祀する草薙神社社伝によると、「尊は東国を平定したが、都に帰る途中伊勢の能褒野（のぼの）で没した。