Yakushima Newsletters 2010

The following video was filmed by Henry Jun Wah Lee as part of the ‘Valtari mystery film experiment’ in which the Icelandic band, Sigur Rós, contracted a different filmmaker for each song on their album ‘Valtari‘. The location for the entirety of this video is Yakushima.

The road up to Shiratani has been worked on for the past few years almost constantly. It has always been dangerous with tight bends and narrow lanes but the widening work has improved it a lot. The live camera in Miyanoura faces the mountain road – Look at the mountain

The snow conditions in 2012: UPDATE: No snow on the main trails as of 2nd March 2012 Shiratani Unsuikyo and the Kusugawa Trail  The following photo was taken on 7th Jan 2012 at Tsuji pass above Shiratani Unsuikyo. There was 3-4 cm of snow and no special footwear was needed

One of the most pressing environmental problems on Yakushima is the human waste that is produced by thousands of tourists who walk the trails every year. The tanks of waste that accumulate at each of the huts have to be quite literally carried down the mountain on the backs of

Yakushima Newsletter April 2010

Yakushima has crystal clear waters cascading down the mountain sides. Here are a few of the best: MIYANOURA RIVER Best access: Yakushima Comprehensive Nature park Looking inland at Miyanoura river ANBO RIVER Best access: From the center of Anbo Anbo river mouth OKO RIVER Best access: Okonotaki and Sagoshi-no-hama Looking