Kanayago-kami first descended from Takamagahara (the place where gods live) to Iwanabe in Shiso County in Harima Province (currently, Iwanoryo, Chigusa-cho, Shishiawa City, Hyogo Prefecture) in response to a rain-inviting ritual carried out by the villagers.
高天原から、雨乞いをしている村人に応えて、播磨国志相郡岩鍋（現在の兵庫県宍粟市千種町岩野邊）にまず天降った。