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Oki treasures and geopark sites List Lifestyles and Traditions
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Oki Rebellion
During the period of uprisings at t…
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Ise-mikoto Shrine
According to the Shoku Nihon Kōk…
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Rengee-mai Dances
Rengee-mai Dances at Kokubun-ji Tem…
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Obsidian
Obsidian was used for hunting tools…
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Kojiki
According to the Kojiki, the…
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Remains & Kofun Burial Mounds
Bronze swords, iron spears, earthen…
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Land of Exile
In 724, the year Emperor Shōmu asce…
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Kitamaebune Trading Ships
The Oki Islands prospered as a port…
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Mizuwakasu Shrine
Mizuwakasu Shrine is a Myōjin Taish…
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Ōyama Shrine, Fuse
Ōyama Shrine is known as the venue …
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Takuhi Shrine
Ōhirume no Muchi is Amaterasu Ōmika…
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Yurahime Shrine
Yurahime Shrine is a very old shrin…
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Uzuka-mikoto Shrine
Together with Yurahime Shrine and M…
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Amasashihiko-no-mikoto Shrine (Ikkū Shrine)
According to the shrine's historica…
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Himemiya Shrine
Details of the origin of the shrine…
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Dengaku
The dengaku dance dedicated …
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Kagura Shinto Dances
Compared to Iwami Kagura (a well-kn…
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Shāra-bune Spirit Boats
Shōryō-nagashi is an Obon pr…
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Oki Traditional Sumo
Oki Traditional Sumo was traditiona…
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Goree-furyū Festival of Tamawakasu-mikoto Shrine
Held every year on June 5 at Tamawa…
Lifestyles and Traditions - Festivals