When the army anchored at Shirakata no tsu (Bay of Shirakata) in Naniwa Province (near present-day Higashi Osaka City. There was a bay at that time), Nagasunehiko had been waiting for the landing of Kamuyamatoiwarebiko with his army.
浪速国の白肩津（現東大阪市附近。当時はこの辺りまで入江があった）に停泊すると、長髄彦が軍勢を起こして待ち構えていた。