According to the Japanese myth, Izanaki-no-mikoto is the god who descended to the island Onogoro with the goddess Izanami {see planet (10227)} and created the land there, including the island of Awaji {see planet (3380)}. (M 39654) _ _.
Discovered on 24-8-1997 in Nachi-Katsuura by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T.