The capital is Yamadai, known in the Wei history as Yamatai. The old records say that it is altogether twelve thousand li distant from the borders of Lelang and Daifang prefectures, and is situated east of Kuaiji and close to Dan'er.

history of Japan. In Himiko …an area referred to as Yamatai, the location of which remains in dispute. The characters used to represent the name Himiko mean “sun child,” or “sun daughter” in archaic Japanese, and it is interesting to note that later Japanese rulers claimed to be descendants of the sun goddess. That Himiko… Read More

Turns out Japan has its own version of an Atlantis story, also deeply shrouded in mystery and superstition – namely the aforementioned Yamatai, which is believed to have existed during the Yayoi Period (300BC – 300 AD). This is the single most divisive historical mystery in Japan.

Yamatai is presumed to have been in Japan from the 2nd to the 3rd century, in the Yayoi period. Because a queen ruled the country, it was referred to as a queen's country in Gishiwajinden.