Izanagi pursued his dead wife Izanami down this path and entered Ne no Katasukuni (Kata Province), which is generally though to be the same as Ne no Kuni (the underworld, lit. "Root-Land"; today, Kata Province is the area mainly occupied by the city of Yasugi in Shimane Pref.
イザナギは死んだ妻・イザナミを追ってこの道を通り、一般的には根の国と同一視される根の堅州国（ねのかたすくに、現；島根県安来市を中心とした地域。