Yakushima

First of all why Yakushima? 'cos a friend of mine that came here in TYO last year or 2 yrs ago`, my gooosssh ... my memory is getting rotten!!! so she, an italian that l met in Goa, was traveling in japan for a full 3 months and it happened that she visited the island, that now l'm going to talk about ... and when she was back she said that there was nature power and the reason she went there was because of Jomon-sugi, the oldest cedar tree aging from 2000 to 7000 yrs old ... ever found until now in all of japan and it is huge ... if it is the oldest cedar in all world l dont know, on some sites says so but on other sites says the oldest in japan ... anyway, pretty old.
But l'm not a maniac of wild nature, it just happend that was so close with few hrs of trip from the fellas that l was staying ... so l took the chance!!! also l was thinking to go in Okinawa too ... because it was just a little bit souther but then l said "ALAS darshan?! are u getting greedy of traveling??? wait a moment!!! because from Okinawa it could have been to go to Taiwan or Philippines and then l would never be back to TYO!!!! on this l'm sure." after all l had to come back to Tyo.
Ok so lets leave together from Kagoshima port that is viewed just here on the left with huge clouds on his back ... the sea was calm, not like a lake without ripples, thats is impossible with the Ocean on the surface and so don't worry about your seasickness ... just lets go.
lt took less than 2 hrs to reach to Miyanoura port of Yakushima island and of course l could not miss the chance to take a shot to this mystical place while approaching it ... clic! here it is:


Well, l had an'interesting meeting with a couple of gals and the way we met at the first glance was hilarious! because after getting off from the boat, if u don't have the infos with u already on how to move on, gotta go to the touristic office that was near by and funny thing is, it was not a big building just a normal round structure, and l reach at the first door entrance, l try to open it pushing 'n' pulling ... nain ... and l see a board attached on the glass with japanese language (of course) and (since l can understand a little bit their writing) l thought that it was saying to go further to another side to go in and so l go, and on my back there were 2 young japanese girls just going to the same direction ... reached to the second entrance l push 'n' pull and l see the same board ... SO IT IS CLOSE? ... me and these 2 japanese girls looked at each others like "what the f***?" ... and just then one of them open the door pulling on the right side!!! MY GOSSSHH!!!
it was a sliding door!!! ooowwwww .... LOL ... so once in, put the gear down, adjusting well my clothes and having a little piss and washing my hands ... all these small things u know, then back to my mountain gear and just then l see a western woman that was making the same mistake of pushing 'n' pulling the door ... and l started to giggle hihhihi ... and another japanese woman that was with her did the job of opening the door LOL ... but it was nice for me to see U, the western woman, the face she did when she saw the trick of the door and l laughed and she got me while laughing!!! LOL ... so l simply said "lt happened to me too... LOL" and she replied "we didn't think about it with the first entrance!!!" and l concluded "... same here...LOL" and we smiled away ... then l get the maps and infos on how to reach to the Youth Hostel by bus, calculating timing also because l wanted to have an immediate lunch! then on the way to the town l met again these 2 fellow travelers U and Y, actually l was walking faster because of the hunger but l could not avoid to exchange ... you know?! ... just where are u from? where u going? ... just a human chit-chat ... and it was getting well the conversation, it was nice also because for me isn't so easy to get somebody who can speak with a nice clear english that l can understand easily but l loved immensely one question that U asked to me after a while and that was "Are u from lndia?" ... l checked the color of my skin and replied "WOW l like this question! it is the first time ... but YESss, in a way l'm from lndia although l was born in ltaly and how come this question of yours?" and U "becasuse your pronunciation looks very alike to the indian pronunciation ..."
LOL HAHAHAAAAAA and then l told her that l've been in lndia for a long while in ashram with Osho and Goa ... and so we ended up to have a lunch together!!!
And l ended up to ask'em if l could join to ride with them, because they wanted to rent a car, and the place they had to go was just 4 towns before the place l had to go ... so l asked to go together and from their place l would take the bus ... ok no problem lets go! and l was saying "you sure no problem? l dont want to stick my nose in your trip ..." and she would say "just flow with existence" ... wow, nice uh?!
We reached at their hotel, not the luxurious type or the resort type, just a cool place in the middle of greenery with the camera facing the ocean ... then with my surprise, they offered to bring me to the last stop, that it was a 10~15 min. drive ... they were both musicians with some sensitivity about listening ... and so, before going to my place, we went to see Senpiro-no-Taki Waterfall that was on the way .... l asked permission to post the picture that U sent to me and here we are!

well ... first we met this group of fellas
that asked me to shoot'em off then, of course, we exchanged the favor

... and now l wanna go to my spot
to get refreshed ... these pictures made me want to immerse in the nature!
(^-^)/ later