- Takamagahara
Takama-ga-hara (also Takaamahara, Taka-no-amahara, Takamanohara, Takamagahara) ( _ja. 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 . InShinto , Takama-ga-hara is the dwelling place of theKami . 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.Other
Mount Takamagahara is a mountain in Gunma Prefecture in whichJAL 123 crashed into.References
*cite web | title=Takamagahara | work=Encyclopedia Mythica | url=http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/takamagahara.html | accessdate=February 23 | accessyear=2006
*cite book | first =Sokyo | last =Ono | year =1962 | title =Shinto: The Kami Way | publisher =Tuttle Publishing | id =ISBN 0-8048-3557-8
* [http://www.pref.nara.jp/nara/kaido/kokaido/eg/07katuragi/spot/04.htm Takamahiko Shrine]
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