According to media reports, one of the three Japanese religious monasteries is located on this island. Because of this, the island is highly sacred to the Japanese. This island is located on the South Kyushu coast of Japan. One of the special features of this island is that there are no women here. Not only this, women are forbidden to enter here!
According to various information, the fishermen came here in the fourth century to pray for their safety. Practitioners and monks only live on this island. The island also has many valuable art works in the historical era. There are at least 80 thousand artifacts discovered from the Korean Peninsula on this island. The Japanese government has declared the island as a national asset and this island is declared as a national asset.
It is known that the entry of women on this island from ancient times was completely prohibited. The priests of the monastery looked after the island. Residents of the local Shinto community believe this island as the habitat of gods. So the island is known to them as a holy place. There is no clear information about why women enter the island has been banned. But there is a conception that women were not taken there in the past due to the danger of coming from the mainland to the island was dangerous.
It is known that the Shinto cleric Okinoshima controls this island. For the common people this religion has imposed strictures on the island tourists. The annual monastery festival is held here every year in May. At that time the law was relaxed but the entry of the island for the non-religious people was completely prohibited. For people visiting the island, the laws of the island are so strict that they can not take a stone or a leaf from the island. Local residents also follow these laws. That's why the island's natural environment looks very interesting.
A leader of the island's fisheries said, 'Local fishermen think of this island as important since the ancient era, due to which they are also protected.'
Meanwhile, the Japanese government has decided to nominate the island of Okinoshima as UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2017, five places from Japan will be proposed for the UNESCO World Heritage List, among which it will be known as one.
But Shinto priests are very concerned about the arrival of tourists here. The priests also expressed a vicious reaction to this. Takayuki Ashiju, chief priest of the three top monasteries in Munakata, said, "Although it is a UNESCO heritage, we will not open this island for the common man. It is not right to come to the gods of the common people without proper reason. '
It is noteworthy that this is not the religious place forbidden to enter women in Japan; Sanzo Mountain of Yosino-Kumano National Park of Honshu Island is also prohibited for women. From the seventh century onwards, this mountain is a pilgrimage place for Buddhists.
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