Key Points

- Once considered a separate plane, now commonly used to refer to Japan itself

Brief Bio 

Ashihara no Nakatsukuni (葦原中国), often translated as the Central Land of Reed Plains, is the mortal realm, situated between the heavenly realm of Takamagahara and the underworld of Yomi. It's essentially the world as we know it, the precursor to Japan, where humans and other beings reside.