Yakushima
Yakushima (屋久島) is an island off the south east coast of Kyushu next to Tanegashima and north of Okinawa in Japan. Officially a part of Kagoshima Prefecture, it is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Wikivoyage
Population 13,178 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
Visas and entry What your passport needs for Japan
Daylight 10 h 12 in Dec, dark by 17:18 · 14 h 06 in Jun
- January: 10 h 23 of daylight
- February: 11 h 07 of daylight
- March: 11 h 57 of daylight
- April: 12 h 53 of daylight
- May: 13 h 40 of daylight
- June: 14 h 06 of daylight
- July: 13 h 56 of daylight
- August: 13 h 16 of daylight
- September: 12 h 23 of daylight
- October: 11 h 29 of daylight
- November: 10 h 39 of daylight
- December: 10 h 12 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Jōmon Sugi cedar Attraction · 410 m
- Jomon Sugi (Cedar Tree) Viewpoint · 400 m
- 夫婦杉 Attraction · 650 m
- Daio Sugi Attraction · 750 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Getting around
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