Mount Takamagahara (高天原山, ''Takamagahara-yama'') is a mountain in the

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of Japan, near

Ueno is a district in Taitō, Tokyo. The area extending from Ueno to Asakusa is part of the historical Shitamachi (literally "low city") district of Tokyo, which is often associated with working-class traditions and culture as well as their dist ...

village. It is tall.

Takamagahara In Japanese mythology, , also read as Takaamanohara, Takamanohara, Takaamagahara, or Takaamahara, is the abode of the heavenly gods (''amatsukami''). Often depicted as located up in the sky, it is believed to be connected to the Earth by the bridge ...

is the world of heaven in

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. The crash of

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 Japan Air Lines Flight 123 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo to Osaka, Japan. On August12, 1985, the Boeing 747 flying the route suffered a severe structural failure and explosive decompression 12 minutes after takeoff. After f ...

on 12 August 1985 was initially reported on Mount Osutaka, but later confirmed to be on the ridge of Mount Takamagahara at a height of approximately above sea level. With the loss of 520 people, it remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.Airline disaster details
britannica.com; accessed 16 August 2015. This area was later renamed as ''Osutaka no One'' ("Mountain Ridge of Mount Osutaka") by the village mayor of Ueno, Takeo Kurosawa (Former

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Lt Cdr). There is a shrine on the summit of the ridge to commemorate the lives lost in the crash of Flight 123. The mountain road to the shrine was constructed as part of a compensation package from JAL.

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