Takamagahara

Takama-ga-hara (also Takaamahara, Taka-no-amahara, Takamanohara, Takamagahara, Japanese: 高天原 [たかあまはら、たかのあまはら、たかまのはら、たかまがはら]), literally "High Heaven's Plain" but often translated as the "High Plain of Heaven," is a place in Japanese mythology. In Shinto, Takama-ga-hara is the dwelling place of the Kami. It is believed to be connected to the Earth by the bridge Ama-no uki-hashi (the "Floating Bridge of Heaven"). In Shinto worship, the kami are invited to leave Takama-ga-hara and enter a shrine or some other purified place.^{[citation needed]}

Other

Mount Takamagahara is a mountain in Gunma Prefecture into which JAL 123 crashed.^{[citation needed]}

References

• Ono, Sokyo (1962). Shinto: The Kami Way. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3557-8. 
• Takamahiko Shrine
• Guide in Takamagahara historic site (Japanese)