For example, in Okinawa, where Shinto is said to remain in its original form, women were called 'kaminchu' (men were called uminchu) and no men were admitted in the place where Shinto priest (such as Noro) would perform religious services, as opposed to nyonin kinsei.
一例として神道の祖形を留めているといわれる沖縄では女性は「神人（かみんちゅ）」と呼ばれ（男性は「海人（うみんちゅ）」、ノロなどの神職が祭祀を行う場では女人禁制とは逆の男子禁制が敷かれていた。