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Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region
In these rituals, votive objects were deposited as offerings at different sites on the island. Many of them are of exquisite workmanship and had been brought from overseas, providing evidence of ...
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This Popular Asian Island Has UNESCO Sites That Are Typically Closed to the Public—but You Could See Them This Summer
Korea's Jeju Island, a lush tropical destination full of natural wonders, is bringing back its World Heritage Festival this ...
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Japan’s 10,000-Year-Old Underwater ‘Pyramid’ Is Still One of the World’s Biggest Unsolved Mysteries—No One Knows Who Built It
Off the coast of Yonaguni Island in Japan, a submerged structure has puzzled divers, researchers, and archaeologists since ...
‘A huge loss.’ In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction
On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...
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Ogasawara Islands
The Ogasawara Islands are located in the North-Western Pacific Ocean roughly 1,000 km south of the main Japanese Archipelago. The serial property is comprised of five components within an extension of ...