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    Yakushima (屋久島) is one of the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 504.88 km2 (194.94 sq mi) in area, has a population of 13,178...
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    Yakushima (屋久島町, Yakushima-chō) is a town located in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town is on the island of Yakushima and Kuchinoerabujima. On...
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    The Yakushima macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui) is a subspecies of Japanese macaque that is indigenous to Yakushima Island (Kagoshima Prefecture). It is also...
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    Yakusugi (redirect from Yakushima cedar)
    (屋久杉) refers to "Japanese cedar" (sugi, or Cryptomeria) on the island of Yakushima, typically growing at altitudes 500 meters and higher. The term also extends...
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    Yakushima Airport (屋久島空港, Yakushima Kūkō) (IATA: KUM, ICAO: RJFC) is an airport located on the island of Yakushima in Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture...
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    major settlement of the island of Yakushima, in Japan. It is part of the municipality (with town status) of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Originally...
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  • amamiana (Amami pine, Yakushima white pine) is a species of pine. It is a native of southern Japan, on the islands of Yakushima and Tanegashima south...
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    Yakushima National Park (屋久島国立公園, Yakushima Kokuritsu Kōen) is a protected area located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu. It includes parts of the Ōsumi...
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    they have two or three bouts of feeding daily. In warmer areas such as Yakushima, daily activities are more varied. The typical day for a macaque is 20...
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    The Yakushima gecko (Gekko yakuensis) is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Japan, including the Ryukyu Islands. Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Gekko...
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  • Hōryū-ji Himeji Yakushima Shirakami-Sanchi Kyoto Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama Hiroshima Peace Memorial Itsukushima Shrine Nara Nikkō Ryukyu Kii Mountain...
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    Satsunan-shotō) Ōsumi Islands (大隅諸島, Ōsumi-shotō) with: Tanegashima, Yakushima, Kuchinoerabu, Mageshima in the North-Eastern Group, Takeshima, Iōjima...
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    Rhododendron species native to Japan (S & W Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima). It is the type species for the Tsutsusi section and subsection, and...
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    Parks, namely the Amami Guntō, Kirishima-Kinkowan, Unzen-Amakusa, and Yakushima National Parks; Koshikishima and Nichinan Kaigan Quasi-National Parks;...
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    Vincennes Strait (Yakushima Kaikyō) separates it from Yakushima. The island is of volcanic origin; however, unlike neighboring Yakushima, it presents a flat...
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    Miyanoura (category Yakushima, Kagoshima)
    major settlement of the island of Yakushima, in Japan. It is part of the municipality (with town status) of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture. Originally...
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    Jōmon Sugi (category Yakushima, Kagoshima)
    5319 Jōmon Sugi (縄文杉) is a large Cryptomeria tree (yakusugi) located on Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Japan. It is the oldest and largest...
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  • to regain control of his Devil's powers is actually at his birthplace, Yakushima, Jin embarks on a journey to the Kazama Sanctum, deep in the forests of...
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    Ryukyu Islands, The chain extends from the southern tip of Kyushu to Yakushima. Administratively, the group belongs within Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan...
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    2009, Tāne Mahuta was formally partnered with the tree Jōmon Sugi on Yakushima Island, Japan. During the New Zealand drought of 2013, 10,000 litres of...
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    hot environments. There are two World Natural Heritage sites in Kyushu: Yakushima (registered in 1993) and Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern...
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    The district covers two islands from the Ōsumi Islands, Tanegashima and Yakushima. The district has an estimated population of 29,706 with a total area...
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  • actress of 1950s–1970s Geum River (a.k.a. Kum), a river in South Korea Yakushima Airport, whose IATA airport code is "KUM" Kumyk language (ISO code kum)...
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  • refer to: Yakushima, Japan (屋久島), which could be referred to as Yaku Island Yaku, Kagoshima, Japan (屋久町), a town on the island of Yakushima in Kagoshima...
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    November 2023, a USAF Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey crashed in the Japan island of Yakushima killing 1 airman. The United States Air Force has been involved in many...
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    with Bockscar over Yakushima Island. At the mission pre-briefing, the three planes were ordered to make their rendezvous over Yakushima at 30,000 feet (9...
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    Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining Yakushima Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima...
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    (town on Tanegashima) Minamitane (town on Tanegashima) Yakushima Office Yakushima (town on Yakushima and Kuchinoerabujima) 1889: These area, formerly governed...
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    The largest is Okinawa Island. The highest point is Mount Miyanoura on Yakushima Island at 1,936 metres (6,352 ft). The ecoregion is the northernmost in...
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    higher than he should have been, and was not flying tight circles over Yakushima as previously agreed with Sweeney and Captain Frederick C. Bock, who was...
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