In Nihonshoki, the beginning of 'The third volume, July in the Tsuchinoe Uma year before the accession of Emperor Jinmu to the throne according to the lunar calendar' was the only reference to Nagusatobe and Nagusa village.
日本書紀では、「巻第三神武天皇即位前紀戊午年旧暦6月」冒頭が、名草戸畔や名草邑に関する唯一の記述である。