Newsletter September/October 2009

The Arakawa Trail Entrance Shuttle bus. The stretch of road between Arakawa junction and the Arakawa Trail Entrance is closed to traffic and walkers between May 2th and 5th for 4 days and July 7th and Sept 22nd for 67 days. The only way you can get to the Trail

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

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

Filling in Yakushima’s Blanks Yakushima Deer cull

The 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

The recent JAL expansion program means that they are going to fly to and from Yakushima directly from Fukuoka starting summer 2011. So Yakushima will soon be directly accessible from Kagoshima, Osaka and now Fukuoka. Return to home