Amaterasu rules over Takamagahara, the High Plain of Heaven, granted to her by Izanagi after her birth from his left eye during the misogi purification (Kojiki).
Takamagahara, the High Plain of Heaven, is the celestial realm where Amaterasu reigns supreme among the heavenly kami — the primordial Kotoamatsukami, the wisdom god Omoikane, the mighty Ame-no-Tajikarao, the dancer Ame-no-Uzume, and the moon god Tsukuyomi.
Ama-no-Iwato, the Heavenly Rock Cave, is located within Takamagahara. It is where Amaterasu hid after Susanoo's rampage, plunging both heaven and earth into darkness (Kojiki).
Ama-no-Ukihashi is the Floating Bridge of Heaven that extends down from Takamagahara, where Izanagi and Izanami stirred the primordial sea.
The gods of Takamagahara dispatched Takemikazuchi and Futsunushi to wrest control of Ashihara no Nakatsukuni from Ōkuninushi, who surrendered the earthly realm to heavenly authority in the kuniyuzuri.
Ninigi descended from the celestial plain of Takamagahara to establish divine rule over the earthly realm, as told in the Kojiki.
Susanoo was banished from Takamagahara after his violent rampage destroyed Amaterasu's rice paddies and desecrated her weaving hall, with his beard cut and nails torn off as punishment.
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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