He goes to the land of Yomi and back黃泉國

Then he wished to see his sister Izanami no Mikoto, and he followed after her to the land of Yomi (黃泉國).

When she came out to the door of the hall and stood before him, Izanagi no Mikoto spoke and said, "My beloved sister, the land that you and I were making is not yet finished, so you should come back."

Izanami no Mikoto answered and said, "What a pity. Why did you not come sooner? I have already eaten at the hearth of Yomi. Yet it fills me with awe that my beloved husband has come in here, and I wish to go back. Let me speak a while with the god of Yomi. Do not look at me."

She said this and went inside the hall, and the while was very long and hard to wait through. So he broke off one thick tooth of the holy comb set in the mizura on his left and lit it for a light, and when he went in and looked, it was "ujitakarekororokite" — maggots were swarming and seething over her. At her head sat Ohoikazuchi (大雷), at her breast Honoikazuchi (火雷), at her belly Kuroikazuchi (黑雷), at her private parts Sakuikazuchi (拆雷), at her left hand Wakaikazuchi (若雷), at her right hand Tsuchiikazuchi (土雷), at her left foot Naruikazuchi (鳴雷), and at her right foot Fushiikazuchi (伏雷). Eight thunder gods in all had come to be there.

Then Izanagi no Mikoto was afraid and fled back, and his sister Izanami no Mikoto said, "You have shamed me!" And she sent the Yomotsushikome (豫母都志許賣) to chase him.

Izanagi no Mikoto took off his black headdress and threw it away, and wild grapes grew at once. While the Yomotsushikome picked them up and ate them, he fled on. Still they came after him, so he pulled out the holy comb set in the mizura on his right, broke off its teeth and threw them away, and bamboo shoots grew at once. While the Yomotsushikome pulled them up and ate them, he fled on.

After that she sent the fifteen hundred soldiers of Yomi along with those eight thunder gods to chase him. Izanagi no Mikoto drew the ten-hand sword (十拳劍) that he wore and came fleeing while he swung it behind him, which is "fukitsutsu".

Still they came after him, and when they reached the foot of Yomotsuhirasaka (黃泉比良坂), he took three peaches that were at the foot of the slope and waited and struck them with these, and they all turned back.

Then Izanagi no Mikoto said to the peaches, "As you have helped me, so help the 'utsushiki aohitokusa', the living green people who are in Ashihara no Nakatsukuni (葦原中國), when they fall into a hard current and are in trouble." And he gave them a name and called them Ohokamuzumi no Mikoto (意富加牟豆美命).

Last of all his sister Izanami no Mikoto came after him herself. Then he blocked that Yomotsuhirasaka with a rock that a thousand men would draw, and with that rock set between them they stood facing each other and spoke the words of parting. Izanami no Mikoto said, "My beloved husband, if you do this, I will strangle a thousand of the people of your land each day."

Izanagi no Mikoto said, "My beloved sister, if you do so, I will raise fifteen hundred birth huts each day."

And so a thousand people must die each day, and fifteen hundred people must be born each day.

Therefore that Izanami no Kami no Mikoto is called Yomotsu Ohokami (黃泉津大神). It is also said that because she came chasing after him, which is "ohishikishi", she is called Chishiki no Ohokami (道敷大神). And the rock that blocked the slope of Yomi is called Chigaeshi no Ohokami (道反大神), and it is also called Yomido no Ohokami (塞坐黃泉戶大神), who sits there and blocks the way.

And the place called Yomotsuhirasaka is now called Ifuyasaka (伊賦夜坂) in the land of Izumo.

Then Izanagi no Ohokami said, "I have been to a land that is 'inashikomeshikomeki', foul and foul. So I must wash my body and cast off the defilement." And he came to Ahakihara (阿波岐原) at Tachibana no Odo (橘小門) in Himuka (日向) of Tsukushi (竺紫), and washed and cleansed himself.

So the name of the god that came into being from the staff he threw away is Tsukitatsufunado no Kami (衝立船戶神). The name of the god that came into being from the belt he threw away is Michi no Nagachiha no Kami (道之長乳齒神). The name of the god that came into being from the skirt he threw away is Tokihakashi no Kami (時置師神). The name of the god that came into being from the robe he threw away is Wazurahi no Ushi no Kami (和豆良比能宇斯能神). The name of the god that came into being from the trousers he threw away is Michimata no Kami (道俣神). The name of the god that came into being from the cap he threw away is Akiguhi no Ushi no Kami (飽咋之宇斯能神).

The names of the gods that came into being from the bracelet of his left hand, which he threw away, are Okizakaru no Kami (奧疎神), next Okitsunagisabiko no Kami (奧津那藝佐毗古神), and next Okitsukahibera no Kami (奧津甲斐弁羅神).

The names of the gods that came into being from the bracelet of his right hand, which he threw away, are Hezakaru no Kami (邊疎神), next Hetsunagisabiko no Kami (邊津那藝佐毗古神), and next Hetsukahibera no Kami (邊津甲斐弁羅神).

The twelve gods above, from Funado no Kami down to Hetsukahibera no Kami, are the gods born because he took off the things he wore on his body.