Yakushima, Japan

Travel Blogs from Yakushima (6)

My Surreal Island Paradise, Yakushima, Japan travel blog
My Surreal Island Paradise
Mar 28, 2007

The Gods must really love me. I mustve been a saint or something in a past life. That or my guardian angel mustve bribed them. I am in the most beautiful place I think I have ever been to. Today I woke up to find the miserable rain had completely vanished ...

A travel blog entry by woundedsoldier
Feral Monkeys and Waterfalls, Yakushima, Japan travel blog
Feral Monkeys and Waterfalls
Mar 29, 2007

... And I actually got a bit sunburnt - in Japan! I mean, really it was a pretty weak effort, nothing compared to the power of Perth sun, but you have to give it to it for trying. Yakushima = Brilliance. Go there. Dont hesitate. Just do it. No question. Fully.

A travel blog entry by woundedsoldier
The Search For Mononoke, Yakushima, Japan travel blog
The Search For Mononoke
Mar 26, 2007

... and ferry rides, and massacreing a large portion of my wallet in the process, I arrived in the exotic mountainous jungle island of Yakushima. It looks like the island in Jurassic Park, and I am half expecting to see a velocre raptor dart pass. The natural ...

A travel blog entry by woundedsoldier
Never an Ordinary Day in Paradise, Yakushima, Japan travel blog
Never an Ordinary Day in Paradise
Mar 30, 2007

... able to meet so many more people. Most of the friends I have made are Japanese - which would make sense considering I am in Japan. Its great to spend time with the people who live in this culture, as oppose to only other outsiders. You feel less like a ...

A travel blog entry by woundedsoldier

Forum Discussions on Yakushima (5)

Yakushima / Slow train pass help
Posted on Jun 11, 2009, 13:44:51
Yeah I knew about the ferry just couldn't figure out how to get to Kagoshima. Well Louise I know Yakushima is hard to find, its an island south of Kyushu. heres a map It's going to be awesome, I had learned of the island from someone who had ...
Yakushima / Slow train pass help
Posted on Jun 9, 2009, 17:33:48
Hello, I am looking into different ways of getting myself to Yakushima from Tokyo, basically I want the cheapest way possible, I have even considered Hitch Hiking. haha. I have found this Rail Pass which is called Seishun 18 apparently its only on slow ...
Yakushima / Slow train pass help
Posted on Jun 10, 2009, 16:08:45
Wait a sec, I can't find Yakushima on a map... But I saw this on Wikitravel: There is a (charmingly small) airport with direct flights to/from Kagoshima. There are ferry connections to Kagoshima and Shimama. The "Toppy"[1] and " ...
Yakushima / Slow train pass help
Posted on Jun 10, 2009, 23:12:18
... train. I think you will have a great trip and from what I can tell on the map of the website, the Seishun definitely appears to go to Kagoshima. Yakushima island also looks like an awesome place and I assume you will try to take a ferry from Kagoshima?

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