When Dazai no sochi (Governor-General of the Dazai-fu offices) OTOMO no Tabito was appointed Dainagon (chief councilor of state) and returned to Nara in 730, he separately went to Nara by sea.
天平2年、大宰帥大伴旅人が大納言に任ぜられて帰京する際、別に海路をとって上京した。