Takamagahara Shrine

**BGM** | *Since the Creation*

**Takamagahara Shrine** (Japanese: 高天原廟, *"Takamagaharabyō"* / lit. "Plain of High Heaven's Shrine") is a midgame section of the ruins. A remnant of the 1st Children, the Kotoamatsu, are sealed here. The area has a distinct Japanese theme.

* Entrances and Exits:
	+ D-1: Immortal Battlefield (B-7)
	+ C-7: Ancient Chaos (D-6)
	+ A-1: Ancient Chaos (C-1), come from Corridor of Blood.
* Grail Tablet: (C-2)
* Prayer Altar: (D-6)
* Backside Door: (?-?)
* Compass: (?-?)
* Sub-Bosses:
	+ Daji (E-6)
	+ Raijin & Fujin (E-3)
	+ Belial (A-2)

## Treasures

### Map

* Location: (D-2)
	+ Place a weight on the left dais.
	+ To reach the dais, use the Katana to break the floor in the room above where the blue skeleton is patrolling to reveal a ladder down.

### Sacred Orb

* Location: (D-5)
	+ Break the floor with your Knife or Katana, then place a weight on the dais under the non-moving white platform. **Run to the little hole in the left, because the white platform will try to crush you!**

### Crystal Skull

* Location: (C-6)
	+ Use the right-most moving platform to crouch-walk through the invisible wall toward the Life Seal and break it. Then, warp back to the Grail Tablet and use the 2nd moving platform from the left to walk through the left wall to get to the chest.

### Egg of Creation

* Location: (E-6)
	+ Defeat Daji.

### Flare Gun

* Location: (F-3)
	+ First, break the Birth Sigil by traversing the room to the right. Afterwards, a dais should appear. Use Shurikens from the top left of the room to destroy the wall without triggering the death trap. Then, equip the Gale Fibula to dash past without getting squished. Place a weight on the dais.

### Ring

* Location: (B-4)
	+ Bring Key Fairy Herja with you to (B-4), destroying the wall to the left from (C-4), then use the Katana to break the walls to get to the Life Seal she reveals, and to get to the chest, too.

### Power Band

* Location: (A-2)
	+ Defeat Belial, then remove the curse using the Mulana Talisman.

## Puzzles

### Get to D-7

* Location: (D-6)
	+ Break the floor at the far left of (E-6) using the Knife or Katana. Place a weight on the dais that appears. Don't let the left wall crush you!

### Open access to Ancient Chaos

* Location: (C-7)
	+ Break the floor above the door.

## Glossary

### Belial

* Location: (D-4)
	+ Whip the bottom-right wall. Beware the wall enemy: It can instantly kill you if it pushes you against the wall.

### Raijin & Fujin

* Location: (E-3)
	+ Touch the bottom-left corner of the room.

### Opening up A-2

* Location: (A-1)
	+ Use the Cog of Antiquity on the cog hole in the background.

## Shops

### Ash Geen

* Location: (C-4) - Whip the wall to the right from the left side until it breaks and reveals the shop.

## Map

**Field Navigation**
Village of Departure • Roots of Yggdrasil • Annwfn • Immortal Battlefield • Icefire Treetop • Divine Fortress • Shrine of the Frost Giants • Gate of the Dead • **Takamagahara Shrine** • Heaven's Labyrinth
Valhalla • Dark Star Lord's Mausoleum • Ancient Chaos • Hall of Malice • Corridor of Blood • Eternal Prison
Gate of Guidance • Mausoleum of the Giants • Inferno Cavern • Endless Corridor • Gate of Illusion