Newsletter July 2009

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FROM KAGOSHIMA AIRPORT Go out of the terminal and find the bus stop ticket machines. The routes are colour-coded and have numbers. The bus to Kagoshima city and the port is red/line 2. So buy a ticket for 1200 yen (adult) or 600 yen (child) from the machine. Look a

Furusatoichiba ふるさと市場 Location: Miyanoura near the port (See Google maps) Google Street view The menu is a bit like a ‘family restaurant’ but it has a wide variety of food. Il Mare イルマーレ  Location: Koseda (See Google maps street view) An authentic Italian restaurant as close as Yakushima gets to

There are many beautiful hiking trails in Yakushima both long and short. In my guide book (nudge! nudge!) I detail and map 15 different trails from all over the island – Yakusugiland, Shiratani Unsuikyo, Arakawa trail, Okabu trail, Yodogawa trail, Kusugawa trail, Onoaida trail, Mt.Mochomu trail, Mt.Tachu trail, Mt.Aiko trail,

The most frequented place for sea turtles to lay their eggs in Japan is at Inakahama beach in Yakushima. It is a stretch of sandy beach which runs only 800 meters along the north-west coast of the island. Egg laying season is from May to August and in that time

Yaku Monkey