Ryosaku Nakashima / Owner of Cottage Morinokokage
A ten-minute drive south of the Yakushima airport, one comes upo...
Miki Kunimoto / Owner of Ananda Chillage (Hotel and Yoga Studio)
Hirauchi village, located on the south side of Yakushima, is war...
Miwa Ueda / Advisor to the Yakushima High School Drama Club
“I’m drawn to Yakushima’s students.” Ms. Miwa Ueda, advisor to t...
Miki Sasagawa / Shimayui Product Developer
Agodashi, a delicious flying fish soup stock unique to Yakushima...
Masataka Araki / Owner of the gift shop “Pukari-do”
A tour operator becomes the owner of a gift shop that carries pr...
Kenji Hayashi / Chef at Sankara Hotel & Spa Yakushima
French cuisine that makes use of local ingredients – striving fo...
Toshimasa Yamashita / Owner of “Rental Yamashita” (specializing in mo...
Yamashita-san grew up in a village that no longer exists, deep i...
Yasuko Hidaka/Owner of Café Smiley
Heading toward the ocean, walking on a road that runs adjacent t...
Shinichiro Oshirabe/Executive Chairman of the Yakushima Ultramarathon
Island Marathon Instigator Shinichiro Oshirabe is a marathon lov...
Shusaku Ikeda/Owner of “Yakudon”
Meals making use of flying fish and smoked mackerel are popular!...