Island Sightseeing

A journey tracing the contours of Yakushima.
Rain falls on mountaintops, seeps through lush forests, becomes waterfalls, and flows down to the villages.There, at the island’s edge, precious life-giving water from the heights flows into the coast. Subtropical forests thrive, and wild creatures like Yakushima macaques and Yaku sika deer live quietly alongside the rhythms of human life.Life on the island is grounded in the saying: “Ten days at sea, ten days in the village, and ten days in the mountains.”By feeling the threads that connect people and nature both in the past and present, you begin to see the island’s many wonders, its true contours.On this tour, a guide leads you through this landscape, weaving the island’s scattered moments into a single story—one that sparks curiosity and refreshes your understanding of how people live with nature.