the article on emperor jito ' s visit to yoshino in the " nihonshoki " (chronicles of japan ) is an article on the emperor ' s visits to mission troops to the yoshino area , saga prefecture at the time of `the battle of hakusukinoe ' sixty years ago (the troops gathered at the sea of areake for maintaining confidentiality , and are believed to have taken the course; from the sea of ariake , the goto islands , to kan ). 『日本書紀』の持統天皇の吉野行きの記事は、ひと干支(60年)前の「白村江の戦い」時の天皇の佐賀県吉野地方への出撃部隊視察の記事である（部隊は機密保持のため有明海に集結し、有明海→五島列島→韓のコースを辿ったと考えられる）。
