Explore the AmazonYaEverest climbThe google street view team who goes anywhere, took a picture of the trekking course of Yakushima and released the picture. Awa Forest OrbitIt is a trekking route on ...

We are only a dozen steps into the forest the first time we stop to gawp, our necks craned to scan the towering canopy. We are surrounded by trees that creak in the gentle wind, and 1,000 shades of ...

Revered by the Japanese for its hiking, hot springs and cedar trees, Yakushima also provided the inspiration for Studio Ghibli’s anime hit Princess Mononoke. Now foreign visitors are uncovering this ...

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The Yakushima and Kuchinoerabu Jima Biosphere Reserve, situated 60 km south of Kyushu, is known for the Yaku cedar primeval forest. It encompasses the area inscribed on the World Heritage List (under ...