Mount Takamagahara


Mount Takamagahara is a mountain in the Gunma Prefecture of Japan, near Ueno village. It is tall. Takamagahara is the world of the deities of the sky in Japanese mythology.
The crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123 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.
This area was later renamed as Osutaka no One by the village mayor of Ueno, Takeo Kurosawa. 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.