Since ancient times, there has been a view that it was located in the real place such as Yamato, Kyushu region, Hokuriku region, or Mt. Fuji from a viewpoint of interpreting the mythology realistically.
古くから神話を現実的に解釈しようという要求から、大和、九州、北陸、富士山等実在の場所であったとの説もとなえられた。