Nestled between the Japanese islands of ... According to the Shinto creation myth, Awaji was the first of Japan's islands created by the deities Izanagi and Izanami. It's connected to Kobe ...

According to “Kojiki” (Records of Ancient Matters), the gods Izanagi and Izanami created an island ... of duck-billed herbivores. Japanese mythology was used to advance the argument of an ...