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by Micha F. Lindemans

Takamagahara ("the higher heavenly plain") is, in Japanese Shinto religion, the sky and the abode of the sky gods. It is connected to the earth through the bridge Ama-no-uki-hashi. This is were the gods hold council, sitting on large rocks in a dried out river.