Takamagahara

Takama-ga-hara (also Takaamahara, Takanoamahara, Takamanohara, Takamagahara) (Japanese: 高天原 （たかあまはら、たかのあまはら、たかまのはら、たかまがはら）), literally "High Heaven's Plain" but often translated as the "High Plain of Heaven," is a place in Japanese mythology. In Shinto, Takama-ga-hara is the dwelling place of the Kami. It is believed to be connected to the Earth by the bridge Ama-no uki-hashi (the "Floating Bridge of Heaven"). In Shinto worship, the kami are invited to leave Takama-ga-hara and enter a shrine or some other purified place.
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[Japanese] 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.