Things to do
Yakushima

Guide office running the hike to the Jōmon-sugi, treks in Shiratani Unsuikyō, canoeing and canyoning, with a tours page in English. An associated shop rents boots and rainwear.

Nature guiding agency: forest walks (Yakusugi Land, Seibu Rindō), climbs, kayaking on the Anbō and Kurio rivers, snorkelling and village bike tours. Some tours may be suspended after a typhoon.

English-speaking guiding agency operating since 2010, specialising in private hikes: Jōmon-sugi, Shiratani Unsuikyō, Yakusugi Land, and the summits of Kuromi-dake or Tachū-dake.

Guide based in Nagata: sea kayaking, private treks (Jōmon-sugi, Miyanoura-dake, traverses with a bivouac) and canyoning. You can combine a hike in the morning with the river in the afternoon.

Kayaking on the Miyanoura River, suitable for beginners and young children, snorkelling with turtles and try dives from the beach. A full-day package combines river and sea.

Beginner-focused dive centre: try dives, fun dives, snorkelling and packages combining the sea with a hike to the Jōmon-sugi or Shiratani.

Indoor and open-air baths fed by a natural spring, open to day visitors with an ocean view (3 pm to 7 pm, ¥1,800, towels included).

Village public bath said to have opened some 350 years ago: sulphurous water bubbles up between the pebbles of the pool. 7 am to 9 pm, closed Mondays, ¥300 (soap and towel not provided).

Hot spring in the shoreline rocks, accessible only two hours either side of low tide. Mixed bathing where swimwear is not allowed, but a towel or sarong is permitted; contribution ¥300.