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Mizuwakasu Jinja
Its main hall in the oki-zukuri style is an Important Cultural Property. Oki Island, to which Retired Emperor Gotoba and Emperor Godaigo were exiled.
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Rengee Mai of Oki
An ancient court dance lost on the mainland but preserved on the island, its masks and robes medieval.
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Bull Sumo of Oki
Said to have begun to console an exiled emperor, and still ended in a deliberate draw.
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Boatbuilding of Oki
Boats built from island timber, the curve of the hull adjusted to the sea each village works.
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Oki Geopark
Source of the obsidian carried to the mainland in the Palaeolithic - an island that was a trading origin point.