On the other hand, for various views looking for the candidate site based on the accounts of "Wei chih," it has been suggested that 'it makes no sense to look for the site of Yamatai based on these accounts because there are biases in the descriptions.'
一方、『魏志』の記述を元に候補地を探す諸説に対し、「そもそも記述に作為があるため、それをもとに邪馬台国の位置を探るのはナンセンスである」という指摘もある。