Part of BBC Earth documentary on Yakushima

There are 2 main bus companies on Yakushima – Yakushima Kotsu and Matsubanda Kotsu. Both have different timetables and routes. Here are the details in English for 2016: Yakushima Kotsu Bus Timetable 2016 Matsubanda bus timetables 2016 Also here is a map and details of the FREE PASS.  The Free

1 MILLION VISITORS! Welcome to yakumonkey.com – the home of Yakushima: A Yakumonkey Guide. Most tourists come to Yakushima island for a sense of adventure and in these pages and the Yakushima guide you’ll find lots of tourist information to help you create that special magical Yakushima adventure. In fact

Yakushima offers a selection of campsites around the coast ranging from virtually no facilities to cabins and open air hot tubs. Much more information about each campsite has been included in the guide book but I have listed the bare bones of each place below. Booking ahead is rather difficult

Mochomu trail entrance, Yakushima A tough hike is to scale the lump of rock that hangs over Onoaida called Mt.Mochomu. The trail entrance is at Senpiro-no-taki waterfall and it snakes its way through the forest and up steep slopes. Mochomu trail entrance, Yakushima The trail is usually very quiet and

The most frequented place for sea turtles to lay their eggs in Japan is at Inakahama beach in Yakushima. It is a stretch of sandy beach which runs only 800 meters along the north-west coast of the island. Egg laying season is from May to August and in that time

Here are English maps of the main villages on Yakushima: NAGATA and ISSO Map of Nagata MIYANOURA Map of Miyanoura (English) ANBO Anbo Map (English) ONOAIDA Map of Onoaida (English) KOSEDA Map of Koseda (English) HIRAUCHI and YUDOMARI Map of Hirauchi (English) KURIO and NAKAMA Map of Kurio (English)