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Yakushima is a paradise of life. Paradise surrounded by coral reefs.
From the World Heritage Register is useful for a long period of time.
However, still attracts many tourists.
Yakushima is why people will come? Why is Yakushima,
to invite people? Yakushima that attractive.
Yakushima is formed by granite. So from a thousand years ago.
Top of the mountain is still on the ridge.
It is Mt.Miyanoura
of the highest in the Kyushu region.
A rich forest in the white valley itinerant priest valley and
the flower mountain pavement, etc. is not easy to walk.
The mountain of above sea level 1000m or more is and there are 40.
Therefore,
It is called, alias "Alps in the sea".
It is covered in the yak cryptomeria, the fir, the conifer such as the hemlock
firs, and the mixture woods such as trees with broad leaves.
Moreover, Yakushima Island is a treasure house of the plant, and 1300
kinds of nearby plants have grown also ..the endemic species, the
south system, and the north system.., too.
Especially, Yacshimashacnage seen in the middle of June is very beautiful also in the
top of a mountain part.
A large-scale animal on the island
It is said that about 3000 will live respectively only by Shica with
the ape.
When the forest is deprived by the person, the ape ruins the orchard and the
field.
Coexistence with nature becomes easy and the maximum problem in Yakushima
Island.
In the position, Yakushima, about 60 km southwest of Kyushu Osumi
Peninsula sea located in the town of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture
Kumage County belong to the Tanegashima Island and neighboring islands
Kuchinoerabu-Jima, and with the formation Oosumi them.
504.88km area. Pentagonal close to circular and the Kagoshima
Prefecture on the island of Amami Oshima followed by the second,
also of Japan in the size of the ninth.
Yakushima is rich and beautiful nature are kept, and the island's
central Mt.miyanoura Yakusugi authigenic including forests and forest
road near the West, including the area of the island about 21 percent
of 107.47 km2 is a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site been.
World Heritage Site is five years as of December, with the Shirakami
Mountains as a World Natural Heritage Site in Japan was first registered by well known.
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Summary
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| The average annual temperature |
19.4 ℃ (flat) * 6 ℃ mountaintop units |
| Annual rainfall |
Flatlands Mountains about 7500mm and 4500mm (five-year average)
* 1500mm around Tokyo / 1000mm around Sapporo |
| Area |
World Heritage site registered 10,747 ha (natural heritage)
2,900 ha special natural monument (Regional)
18,738 ha national park
20,989 ha in 2002 to expand regional changes
The new marine park areas designated 114.4ha
1,219 ha of virgin nature conservation area
Forest ecosystem conservation district 9,600 ha of protected areas
5,585 ha conservation district use
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Yakushima World Heritage listing outside
world natural heritage is not only chosen,
Various institutions recognized by the good nature.
Please see table below.
| NAME |
Land registration |
Registrar |
| World Natural Heritage |
About 20% of Yakushima |
UNESCO |
| Ramsar Convention on wetlands |
Nagata beach |
IUCN |
| Japan hundred Mingshan |
Mt.miyanoura |
Mr. Hisaya Hukada |
| Japan's famous water of election |
Yakushima flushing Mt.miyanoura |
Former Environment Agency |
| Falls of Japan's election |
Ooko Falls |
Other nationwide |
| Sound landscape of Japan's election |
mountain stream and river tram |
Former Environment Agency |
| Kaori of Japan's election landscape |
Yakushima and the mackerel laurilignosa |
The Ministry of the Environment Day |
| Japan's House of forest woods |
Yaku cedar forest |
Forestry Agency |
| Nature of Japan's election |
Yakushima's natural forest |
Forest Culture Association |
| Japan's new election of precious wood |
Jomonsugi |
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| Election of forest giants |
jyomonsugi・kigensugi・yayoisugi |
Forestry Agency |
| Forest wellspring of election |
The cloud water and Shiratani Gorges area |
Forestry Agency |
The Yakushima by various institutions were being protected long.
Mt.miyanoura, Mt.kuromi Takeshi Nagata and 1800 m altitude over the central mountains,
"back, Mt" it is called. Also, Takeshi Mt.Aiko Mt.mocyomu 1000 m above sea
level and peripheral mountains, "before Mt" it is called.
Is the center of the island, Japan's southernmost hananoeko of high moor, hananoeko
exist, and the average temperature is near the top of the mountain Sapporo lower
than average temperatures.
As a wild animal, and Yakushima monkey of the many deer habitat and yak.
The tree, Wilson shares, including the giant Yakusugi is to reseed.
Yakushima - WEB has also introduced a lot of the charm of
the island, so, please, please do not hesitate to look at.
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» Travel plans to Yakushima
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-Information-
This site is a little charm of Yakushima clearly able to introduce a lot of people
running things.
Yakushima and the nature of animals, and wild flowers to blossom in the mind heals.
Please, please be slow.
The travel plans are available, please.
The site is free link.
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Yakushima's granite
Yakushima mountains form a body of granite, granite Yakushima said to be more than 10 cm in length are big opalescent phenocryst of orthoclase include, granite and other normally tell the difference.
And weathered quartz, feldspar and biotite-feldspar of coarse sand to be the largest in the sand and crystal can find.
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Yakushima and granite
About 14 million years ago, the current position of Yakushima granite rise from the sea, and it comes out to sea or ground emerged.
Yakushima around the ridge and the location of the land in both (Minato Hazime areas), and the sea was also thought to be, the reality is not as clear.
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A granite ridge
Yakushima is a granite island is made up, but the rise is still ongoing granite.
The growth in 1000 is said to be one meter. Such granite is still rising from being
a mountainous Kyushu and also to create.
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Is a result of granite
Granitic magma is rising as when the rock as well as many human lives required
to carry the material deep underground. Yakushima is one of the tungsten, a heavy
metal electrical resistance filament for the incandescent light bulb and the alloy used as material.
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Yakushima and protected species of birds
Yakushima is Tocharian archipelago with a stopover for migratory birds in
the long future, so it has a lot of birds in summer and winter birds can be observed.
Yakushima are 115 kinds of birds that inhabit said. Yakushima is endemic species
YAKUSHIMAAKAKOKKO, yak robin, YAKUSHIMAKAKESU, YAKUSHIMAYAMAGARA, Yakushima
Tanegashima Island and common species, NAMIAKAHIGE, ferruginous turf, TANEAOGERA,
OGAWAMISOSAZAI, YAKUSHIMABITAKI.
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