Yakushima: A Visitors Guide

A Yakumonkey Guide to enjoying Yakushima 2019

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Moving around Yakushima 2016

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Rental Car Most tourists choose to rent a car for convenience and there are many car rental outlets on the island – mostly near the airport and ports. I have been around many of the local rental companies in Yakushima and the few that seemed foreigner friendly were Suzuki Rentals

The SHOPS in YAKUSHIMA

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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

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

Couch surfing in Yakushima

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Vertical ascent of trails

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Nagata Trail Hanayama Trail Kurio Trail Yudomari Trail Onoaida Trail Tachu dake Trail Aiko dake Trail Mochomu dake Trail Ryujinsugi Trail Illustrations by www.realwave-corp.com

Yakushima jetfoil hits a whale!

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A few years ago a Toppy jetfoil hit either a whale or a submarine (it was never confirmed which one) and now last week it happened again but this time a whale. Here’s the story from The Japan Times: Crippled ship may have hit whale  Five people were injured Sunday