Yakushima: A Visitors Guide

A Yakumonkey Guide to enjoying Yakushima 2019

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YAKUMONKEY CONTACT

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If you can’t find what you’re looking for on this site, check the following: 1. The comments section at the bottom of each page. 2. THE YAKUMONKEY FORUM 3. If you wish to email – you’ll find us at admin@yakumonkey.com. 4. For more information about Yakushima check out the one

Filling in Yakushima’s blanks – an article from the Daily Yomiuri

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Filling in Yakushima’s blanks: Mapping remote island’s wild, lush mountains a 5-decade quest by Akiko Yoshinaga (Yomiuri Shimbun) “The moss is much paler than usual. It hasn’t rained much, so maybe it’s not getting enough moisture,” Itsuo Ota, 69, said as he felt the moss growing along a mountain path

SWIMMING on YAKUSHIMA

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You need to be cautious when swimming in the sea around the island as the current runs very near to the shore and would sweep you away in a second. I was a flying fish fisherman on Yakushima and the strength of the tides on the fishing boat never ceased

Bus Timetable Changes

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NEW! For 2012 changes see the 2012 bus timetable page  NEW! There are two bus companies on Yakushima: ‘Yakushima Kotsu‘ and ‘Matsubanda‘. Matsubanda has just revised its timetable in March 2009 and changed some of the bus times as detailed in my book. *Please note the following important changes to

‘Yakushima no Yamashi mori ni ikiru’ documentary

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Below is an NHK documentary called ‘Yakushima no Yamashi mori ni ikiru’ which follows Takada Hisao, a local man from Anbo, and his work in the forest collecting yakusugi trunks. It is split into 5 parts for Youtube. Return to Homepage

Hiking in Japan article

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Is It Safe to Travel in Japan I d Like to Take a Hiking Trip –(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();