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World Heritage OKINOSHIMA

TRAVEL 45 minutes Episode(s): 1 english English
This is a new program about the sacred island of Okinoshima, situated between the Japanese archipelago and the Korean peninsula. It has attracted the devotion of the local population in the Munakata region, who possessed advanced nautical skills. Large-scale rituals utilizing an enormous quantity of precious votive offerings were conducted on the island to pray for safe ocean voyages from the 4th to the 9th century, during a period when import and export occurred frequently in East Asia.Ritual sites bearing witness to the successive phases of ancient rituals that chronicle the formation of indigenous beliefs in Japan have survived to the present almost intact. Okinoshima is an object of worship, and has been protected by having limited access to the island.   Available in 4K and 8K.

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