The Ama-no-Iwato Shrine at Takachiho in Miyazaki Prefecture stands across a gorge from a cave identified as the Heavenly Rock Cave, making Takachiho the primary earthly site associated with the myth.
Hoori's tomb is placed on the peak of Takachiho in Hyūga Province, where his father Ninigi had descended from heaven. The mountain marks both the divine origin and the final resting place of the imperial ancestor line.
Ninigi descended from Takamagahara and landed at Takachiho peak in Kyushu, declaring it a fortunate land where he built his first palace as recorded in the Kojiki.
Mount Takachiho in Kyushu was the landing point of Ninigi's descent from Takamagahara, connecting the heavenly realm to the earthly domain as told in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
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