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Takamagahara

高天原 高天原
alternative words: Takamaga hara, Takama ga hara, Takamanohara, Takamano hara, Takama no hara
keywords: mythology
related topics: Amaterasu , Susano , Yayoi period , Kojiki
explanation: Legendary country where Goddess Amaterasu would be reigning with his brother, Susano. It owns a typical landscape of Yayoi period with rice fields and weaving women. It may situate in northern Kyushu because the river where all the gods gather to discuss on its dry bed is called "Amano-yasu-kawa" while there exists a river called "Yasu" in that region.


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