 Yamatohime-no-mikoto is said to have set out from Mt.Miwa and wandered for 20 years through the regions of Ōmi and Mino in search of a suitable location.When she arrived at Ise, she is said to have heard the voice of Amaterasu Ōmikami saying that she wanted to live forever in the richly abundant area of Ise, near the mountains and the sea, and it was here that Yamatohime-no-mikoto established Naiku, the Inner Shrine.