What is "okinoshima"

Okinoshima may refer to:

• Oki Islands, a group of Japanese islands historically called Okinoshima
• Okinoshima, Shimane, a town on Dōgo Island, Japan
• Okinoshima, Munakata, an Island part of the Munakata city
• Okinoshima, a subsequent name of the General Admiral Graf Apraksin surrendered to Imperial Japanese Navy after the Battle of Tsushima in 1905
• Japanese minelayer Okinoshima, an Imperial Japanese Navy minelayer commissioned in 1936 and sunk in 1942

is an island, part of the city of Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan. It is considered sacred land by the local Munakata Taisha. The island's population consists of a single employee of the shrine. The entire island is considered a shinto kami, and the island is off limits to women.

In 2009 the island was submitted for future inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the serial nomination Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in Munakata Region.