屋久島(やくしま)

やくしま
noun (proper)
Yakushima (island in Kagoshima Prefecture)
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1. Yakushima (island in Kagoshima Prefecture)
A mountainous island south of Kyushu, famous for its ancient cedar forests and heavy rainfall. In 1993 it became one of Japan's first natural World Heritage sites.
屋久島(やくしま)は雨(あめ)が多(おお)い。
It rains a lot on Yakushima.
夏休(なつやす)みに屋久島(やくしま)を旅(たび)した。
I traveled to Yakushima over the summer holidays.
屋久島(やくしま)では、樹齢(じゅれい)数千年(すうせんねん)といわれる縄文杉(じょうもんすぎ)を見(み)に行(い)く人(ひと)が多(おお)い。
On Yakushima, many people hike to see the Jōmon Sugi, a cedar said to be thousands of years old.

Common collocations

  • 屋久(やく)杉(すぎ): Yakushima cedar (trees over about 1,000 years old)
  • 縄文杉(じょうもんすぎ): the Jōmon Sugi, the island's best-known giant cedar
  • 屋久島(やくしま)登山(とざん): hiking on Yakushima

Cultural note

The island is so wet that it is said to rain "thirty-five days a month," a phrase from Hayashi Fumiko's novel 浮雲(うきぐも). Its mossy forests are widely said to have inspired the forest in the animated film もののけ姫(ひめ).

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