Takamagahara
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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.
[edit] Other
Mount Takamagahara is a mountain in Gunma Prefecture into which JAL 123 crashed.
[edit] References
- "Takamagahara". Encyclopedia Mythica. http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/takamagahara.html. Retrieved on February 23 2006.
- Ono, Sokyo (1962). Shinto: The Kami Way. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3557-8.
- Takamahiko Shrine
- Guide in Takamagahara historic site (Japanese)
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