Yakushima ISLAND (World Heritage) - Kagoshima, Japan

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Yakushima Island (World Heritage) is known for it's moss Forests and it's wildlife.

In  the northwest if the island is Nagata Inaka-hama, a beach with seasonal  loggerhead turtle nesting grounds. The central Mt. Miyanoura is marked  by the Arakawa trail and the ancient Jōmon Sugi tree. In the east,  Yakusugi Museum has exhibits about the region’s cedar forests. The  western shore is home to towering Ōko-no-taki waterfall.

Yakushima is  also the location of where the famed 1997 anime movie Princess Mononoke was based.

Sample Itinerary:
Day1  Fly Tokyo/Hanedato Kagoshima, change plane to Yakushima
Day2  Diving
Day3  Diving
Day4  Diving
Day5  Ecotour–hiking
Day6  Fly back to Tokyo via Kagoshima