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Farewell to the Old Man of the forest
Anyone who has taken the Okabu trail from the logging railway on their way to Jomon Sugi would have come across a grand old tree called Okina Sugi (翁杉). It was thought to be around 2000 years old and was hidden beneath a coat of thick green moss. Here is
ONOAIDA TRAIL to JANOKUCHI WATERFALL
If it is raining up in the mountains and you have little time to wait a day or two for the weather to clear, this trail is the closest thing there is to the big mountain trails. It begins at Onoaida onsen and gently meanders through the forest for an
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Yakushima Deer cull
Deer cull planned to save flora The Yomiuri Shimbun, 13 Oct 2010 The Environment Ministry, the Forestry Agency and local governments are planning a large-scale cull of deer on Yakushima island in Kagoshima Prefecture to counter the threat the animals pose to native plant species. The growing population of yakushika,