Takamagahara

Takama-ga-hara (Japanese: 高天原), literally "High Heaven's Plain" but usually translated as the "High Plain of Heaven," is a place in Japanese mythology. In Shinto, Takama-ga-hara is the place where the Kami live. The legends say it's connected to the Earth by the bridge Ama-no uki-hashi (the "Floating Bridge of Heaven"). In Shinto, when a kami is worshipped, it is invited to leave Takama-ga-hara and enter a shrine.

Takamagahara Media

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  Amaterasu, the Goddess of the sun and the universe.

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  A page from the Shinpukuji manuscript of the Kojiki

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  A page from the Nihon Shoki

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  Mount Kongō viewed from Mount Yamato Katsuragi

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  Location of Gyeongsangbuk-do in South Korea

References

• "Takamagahara". Encyclopedia Mythica. Retrieved on 23 February 2006. 
• Ono, Sokyo (1962). Shinto: The Kami Way. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3557-8.