So you’ve arrived to Yakushima, and you have a bit of time before check-in at your accommodation. You wanna go do something—but what?
How about using that in-between time to discover some local gems of Yakushima that you won’t find written in any guide books?
In addition to a full-day island tour option, KaleidoForest also offers a variety of two- to three-hour excursions that can give you a truly unique taste of Yakushima. These Furatto (casual, carefree, ad-lib) Local Tours include such things as doing a beach clean, having a forest tea-gathering, gathering herbs for a dried herb bouquet, making traditional snacks at an old auntie’s house—the list goes on. It’s a great option for drizzly days or the monsoon season, when Yakushima’s more orthodox highlights might be dimmed by the weather.
Our Furatto Local Tours let guests to the island experience first-hand the quotidian human-nature harmony that so defines Yakushima life. Each individual’s unique relationship with nature is our guiding inspiration for these tours; we hope that you, too, can experience new dimensions of this island with us.
