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** visitors allowed on Japan?s men-only Unesco island
TOKYO: visitors will **t be allowed to set foot on a men-only Unesco World Heritage island in Japan from next year, an official said on Saturday.
The tiny landmass of Oki**shima, where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its shrine, was declared a Unesco World Heritage site last week. Limited numbers are currently permitted to land on the island in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) -- this year it was 200 -- for a yearly festival that lasts just two hours, but they must adhere to strict rules. But Munakata Taisha, the shrine which owns Oki**shima, has decided to ban travel for anyone apart from priests from next year to protect the island from being damaged, a spokesman told AFP. “A strict preservation is required **w that the island has got the Unesco listing,” he said. “It will be risky if 200 visitors continue to come to the island,” he said, adding that Oki**shima is “the island protected by Shinto priests”. The island is permanently manned by a Shinto priest who prays to the island’s goddess, in a tradition that has been kept up for centuries. However, academics will be allowed to land on the island for research and preservation purposes, he added. The island, which sits off the **rthwest coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, was an important window for foreign trade in Japan since ancient times. أكثر... ??????? ??????: ** visitors allowed on Japan?s men-only Unesco island || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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