This file photo shows Okitsugu shrine of the Munakata Taisha at Okinoshima island, some 60 kilometers from Munakata city, Fukuoka prefecture. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / STR / Japan OUT

TOKYO: A men-only island in Japan where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its shrine, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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