About Yakushima in Kagoshima, Japan
Pictures from one of Japan's most famous natural parks!
"Located in the interior of Yaku Island, at the meeting-point of the palaearctic and oriental biotic regions, Yakushima exhibits a rich flora, with some 1,900 species and subspecies, including ancient specimens of the sugi (Japanese cedar). It also contains a remnant of a warm-temperate ancient forest that is unique in this region."*
The park was inscribed as a world heritage site in 1993, and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan!
*whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=662
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