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The following screen is my Youtube channel including all the Yakushima videos on this site in one place (click on ‘twobitsonrice’ below):
Yakushima Newsletters 2010
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ARTS and CRAFTS of YAKUSHIMA
Yakushima is famous for its wooden Yakusugi crafts. These are made from Yakusugi tree trunks, often 1000s of years old, which were lying on the forest floor. They are brought down the mountain, sliced into manageable pieces and distributed to craftsmen around the coast. It is an incredibly difficult task to change these chunks
New direct flights: Yakushima to Osaka
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YAKUSHIMA – OSAKA Transport to Yakushima was until very recently exclusively through the city of Kagoshima but Yakushima has begun a daily direct flight to Itami, Osaka. A 74 seater DH8-Q400 will take passengers between Itami, Osaka and Yakushima on the following daily schedule: Yakushima 11.20 – Osaka 12.45 Osaka
Protecting the Yakutanegoyo
White pine trees among symbols of Yakushima The Yomiuri Shimbun YAKUSHIMACHO, Kagoshima–The late Fumiko Hayashi wrote in her novel “Ukigumo” (Floating Clouds) that it rained “35 days in a month” on Yakushima island, 60 kilometers south of Kyushu. The island is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is
The SHOPS in YAKUSHIMA
Although shops on Yakushima are rather basic, all the necessities can be found in one of the stores. Here’s the shopping delights. MIYANOURA Large supermarkets LIFE CENTER YAKUDEN ライフセンターヤクデン Close to the port, across the road from the Yakushima Environmental and Cultural Center. It has a little bit of everything