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Level 4Climbing Trails to Experience the Pristine Natural Environment of the Mountains

4-4Yodogawa Trail Entrance - Mt. Miyanoura - Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine (overnight)

This route can be started and finished at either the Yodogawa Trail Entrance or the Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine. An overnight stay in the mountains is assumed. This route entails a large overall change in elevation, and therefore requires sufficient physical strength, experience of overnight stays, and camping equipment. It boasts some of the most notable highlights of the mountains of Yakushima Island, including Mt. Miyanoura and the Jomon-sugi Cedar. In the Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine, fording streams becomes difficult at some crossing points when the water level rises, so the route requires decision-making skills in bad weather. The route requires decision-making skills in bad weather.

Trekking information
Total distance 20.0 km (for reference)
Level of physical strength 5
Level of difficulty D
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Approval by the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan based on the Survey Act (use) R3JHs 762

Detailed route

  • Yodogawa Trail Entrance
    Rest area
    Parking
    Toilet
    Portable toilet collection boxes
    		 The wooden notice board at the Yodogawa Trail Entrance. A map of the Yakushima National Park is displayed at the left of the notice board, with a map and a description of the trail between the Yodogawa Trail Entrance and Mt. Miyanoura in the center. The small box at lower-right is for mountain climbing registration forms.
  • Yodogawa Hut
    Rest area
    Shelter huts
    Toilet
    Portable toilet hut
    Water
    		 The Yodogawa Hut. The building is built in the style of a log cabin. Capacity is approximately 40 people.
  • Hananoego Junction
    Portable toilet hut
    Water

    Portable toilet huts are provided in the area.

    		 The Hananoego Junction. The photo shows the junction in the foreground surrounded by trees on a fine day. The junction also has a rest area consisting of a large number of planks.
  • Kuromidake Branch The Kuromidake Branch. A sign giving directions is located at the junction of the hiking trail to Mt. Kuromi from the trail to Mt. Miyanoura.
  • Nageishidaira Nageishidaira. Nageishidaira is an open area ideal for a rest on the exposed boulders. The boulders are famous as a site for views of the nearby Mt. Kuromi and the ocean.
  • Mt. Okina Saddle
    Portable toilet hut
    		 A cleft in the ridge between Mt. Okina and Mt. Kurio. The photo shows the hiking trail passing through the Yakushima dwarf bamboo, and the wooden portable toilet hut that identifies this spot.
  • Mt. Miyanoura The peak of Mt. Miyanoura. A wooden marker notes the peak. The marker notes Mt. Miyanoura and its elevation.
  • Yakeno Three-way Junction
    Water
    		 The Yakeno Three-way Junction leading to Mt. Miyanoura and Mt. Nagata. The trails to Mt. Miyanoura and Mt. Nagata are sign-posted.
  • Hiraishiiwaya The Hiraishiiwaya and the huge boulders exposed on the mountain. The scale of the boulders is apparent in comparison to the climber.
  • Daiichi Tenboudai Viewing Point
  • Shin-takatsuka Hut
    Rest area
    Shelter huts
    Toilet
    Portable toilet hut
    Water
    		 The Shin-takatsuka Hut. A wooden building, large enough to accommodate approximately 40 people.
  • Takatsuka Hut
    Rest area
    Shelter huts
    Toilet
    Portable toilet tent
    		 The Takatsuka Hut. An emergency shelter built in the style of a log cabin. Large enough to accommodate approximately 20 people.
  • Jomon-sugi Cedar
    Water
    		 The Jomon-sugi Cedar rises amidst lush greenery.
  • Daio-sugi Cedar
    Rest area
    Portable toilet hut
    Portable toilet tent

    Portable toilet huts are provided in the area.

    		 The towering Daio-sugi Cedar in the sunlight filtering through the trees.
  • Wilson-kabu Stump
    Rest area
    Portable toilet tent
    Water

    Toilet huts are located near the Okina-sugi Cedar remains, and a water point is located beside the trail above the Wilson-kabu Stump.

    		 The huge Wilson-kabu Stump.
  • Okabu Trail Entrance
    Rest area
    Toilet
    Water
    		 The Okabu Trail Entrance. A railcar track runs through the lush green forest.
  • Kusukawa Junction The Kusukawa Junction. The sign indicating the Kusukawa Trail Entrance to the Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine is on the left in the photo, with the narrow railcar track through the forest in the center.
  • Tsujitoge Pass
    Rest area
    		 The Tsujitoge Pass. The clearing among the trees at the Tsujitoge Pass, with a sign noting the pass and calling for good manners in use.
  • Shiratani Hut
    Rest area
    Shelter huts
    Toilet
    Portable toilet hut
    Water
    		 The Shiratani Hut. The building has whitish walls, with a glass door and two windows.
  • Branch 4_(11) Branch 4_(11) There are two signs here - one for the Shiratani Clearing, Administration Building, Shiratani Hut, Kuguri-sugi Cedar, and Taikoiwa Rock, and the other for the Bugyo-sugi Cedar course, Nidai-kuguri-sugi Cedar, and Bugyo-sugi Cedar.
  • Branch 5_(12) Branch 5_(12) Signs for the Shiratani Hut and Shiratani Clearing. A map showing the current location is at left in the photo.
  • Branch 3_(6)
    Rest area
    		 Branch 3_(6) The large map showing the current location in the Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine is at right in the photo. The signs at left in the photo point to the Shiratani Hut via the Bugyo-sugi Cedar, the Nidai-osugi Cedar, the Shiratani Clearing, Administration Building, the Shiratani Hut via the Kusukawa Trail, and the Kusukawa Trail.
  • Branch 1_(2) Branch 1_(2) The Satsuki Suspension Bridge is shown at left in the photo, and at right is a sign indicating the trail to the Yayoi-sugi Cedar.
  • Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine Entrance (Administration Building)
    Rest area
    Parking
    Toilet
    Portable toilet collection boxes

    Please do not leave vehicles idling in the parking lot.

    		 The Shirataniunsui-kyo Ravine Entrance. The wooden administration building on the right, a small rest area on the left, and a stone in the center noting the '100 Best Forest Water Sources'.
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