Yakushima: A Visitors Guide

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VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES of YAKUSHIMA

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The following documentaries are available to watch here on Yakushima:


* Part of a BBC series called Secret Wilderness which comes to Yakushima


* ‘Yakushima no Yamashi mori ni ikiru’: an NHK documentary called which follows Takada Hisao, a local man from Anbo, and his work in the forest collecting yakusugi trunks.


* ‘Tanken Roman World Heritage’: an NHK documentary/TV show on hiking in Yakushima.

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