VILLAGE MAPS of YAKUSHIMA
Here are English maps of the main villages on Yakushima:
NAGATA and ISSO
MIYANOURA
ANBO
ONOAIDA
KOSEDA
HIRAUCHI and YUDOMARI
KURIO and NAKAMA
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