woywoy 0 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Dizzy ... How was it? I need some details on the place to plan a trip for later in the year. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Where is Yakushima? Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted May 28, 2007 Author Share Posted May 28, 2007 South of Kyushu mate. Really beautiful, ancient forest that I think is now a World Heritage area. Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Also Japans largest nesting site for Logger Head Turltes. Great Island and beautiful nature, well woprtha visit. Will be working there for couple of weeks in August Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 What will you be doing there farquah? I would love to know where are the places to stay etc. etc. I am going to Okinawa over the summer to do a week of island hopping and camping but it will be Yakushima next year for sure. Any info greatly appreciated! Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 NPM thx 4 asking, got lucky w/ 3 days of sunshine. 5.2-5.6.2007 taxi from 0 to 1100m. hiked up to 1934 and back down to 0. camped on the beach and then it rained. went to a museum on the last day in Kagoshima. not much time right now, i'll let the pics do the talkin: we spent 1.5 days getting to the summit, to find an obasan who had tripped and hit her head on a rock. huge gash on her head. poor lady. helicopter came just as we arrived on the summit. dust/pebbles from the chopper blades got in my camera. this was the last shot before my camera broke. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 there was some cool terrain on Yakushima. and of course trees were everywhere and awesome in size and stature Link to post Share on other sites
ianbc 0 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 did you see any thing in regards to no bikes? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 got a feeling someone answered that for you a while back ian. I think the verdict was no, unless you want to ride on the sealed roads. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 you missed it ian. unless you wanna pedal on concrete around the island, it's not gonna be fun. we asked a cab driver and two locals, got the same answer. as soon as you head inward on the island, the terrain gets mad. can't imagine even the most extreme MTBer traversing the island. Link to post Share on other sites
abelere 0 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 heres some pics of a recent trip to yakushima. i did the hike to jomonsugi, the oldest cedar tree there. the old growth forest is spectacular, i recommend taking the long route via shiratani unsuikyo (shiratani gorge). more interestin terrain and you can escape the crowd for half the trip. started before sunrise and walked all day there and back. there are many freaky trees nice rivers all over the place mononoke forest, beautiful but beware of leeches what we all came to see, the big tree Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Lovely. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Wow! Link to post Share on other sites
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