A Yakumonkey Guide to enjoying Yakushima 2019
The environment-tourism balance on Yakushima Here is an article from the Daily Yomiuri about the man who mapped Yakushima: Filling in Yakushima’s blanks And here are two articles on Yakushima from the Japan Times. The first is a profile of Rainer, a long time resident of Yakushima, who apart from
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Read moreThe first sea turtle landing of 2010 was confirmed in early March in Nagata. This is more than a month earlier than last year and is the earliest recorded sighting ever. Return to Homepage
Read morePrevious post: Arakawa Trail blocked The detour route has finally been secured around the area of the landslide and the Arakawa trail reopens from the Arakawa trailhead on 19th Feb. The detour trail veers off for 400m and consists of some wooden steps and rope. Bear in mind that it
Read moreThe road to Yakusugiland (which is also the road to the Arakawa and Yodogawa trailheads) is closed at its Anbo end between 8 pm and 4 am until 5th March 2010. This is to make necessary repairs to the road. If you’re planning to head up the mountain between these
Read moreA recent landslide has blocked the Arakawa trail 2 km from the trailhead. It occured on the morning of Saturday 24/01/10 and has covered the railtrack trail making it impassable. It is around 20 m wide and 7 m high and will obviously take some time to remove. In the
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Read moreYAKUSHIMA – 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
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Read moreTry this application to see the tide times for Yakushima. Type in ‘Yakushima’ and hit ‘submit’ Here are some examples of monthly charts of the tides in Yakushima. Low tides are useful to know especially for activities like bathing in Hirauchi Seaside onsen or snorkelling in Kurio. April 2014 Tide
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Read moreThe following screen is my Youtube channel including all the Yakushima videos on this site in one place (click on ‘twobitsonrice’ below):
Read moreBelow is an NHK documentary called ‘Yakushima no Yamashi mori ni ikiru’ which follows Takada Hisao, a local man from Anbo, and his work in the forest collecting yakusugi trunks. It is split into 5 parts for Youtube. Return to Homepage
Read moreBelow is an NHK documentary/TV show on hiking in Yakushima showing much of the island. It is split into 5 parts for Youtube. Return to Homepage
Read moreThe 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
Read moreNEW! For 2012 changes see the 2012 bus timetable page NEW! There are two bus companies on Yakushima: ‘Yakushima Kotsu‘ and ‘Matsubanda‘. Matsubanda has just revised its timetable in March 2009 and changed some of the bus times as detailed in my book. *Please note the following important changes to
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