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Takachiho-gawara
Shinto shrine near Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Takachiho-gawara (高千穂河原) is a small plains located near Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.[1] In Shinto, it is the theorized to be the exact place of the descent from Heaven (Takamagahara), known as Tenson kōrin, of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the grandson of Amaterasu.
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