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Yakushima
屋久島町
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Town
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View of Miyanoura and Yaku wetland area
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Location of Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture
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  Yakushima Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates: 30°23′24″N 130°39′4″E / 30.39000°N 130.65111°E / 30.39000; 130.65111 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kyushu (Ōsumi) |
| Prefecture | Kagoshima Prefecture |
| District | Kumage |
| First official recorded | 607 AD |
| Kami-yaku town settled | April 1, 1958 |
| Yaku town settled | April 1, 1959 |
| Merged with two towns and current town name changed | October 1, 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tonao Hidaka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 540.98 km2 (208.87 sq mi) |
| Population
(January 2008)
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| • Total | 13,486 |
| • Density | 24.9/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| City hall address | 469-45 Koseda, Yakushima-chō, Kumage-gun, Kagoshima-ken 891-4207 |
| Website | www |
| Symbols | |
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| Bird | Yaku komadori (Erithacus akahige tanensis Kuroda) |
| Flower | Yakushima shakunage (Rhododendron metternichii Sieb. et Zucc. var. yakushimanum (Nakai) Ohwi) |
| Tree | Yakusugi |
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 October 1, 2007, the town was formed by the merger of the towns of Kamiyaku and Yaku, both from Kumage District.
Major settlements of the island are the port towns of Anbō and Miyanoura. Other settlements are the coastal villages of Hiranai, Kuriobashi, Nagata, Okonotaki and the abandoned forest village of Kosugidani. Among the localities, there are the gorges of Shiratani Unsui, Arakawa, Yakushima Airport, Kigensugi and Yakusugi.
As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 13,486 and the density of 24.9 persons per km2. The total area is 540.98 km2.
Yakushima Airport serves Yakushima. There are also hydrofoils and ferries serving the island. Kuchinoerabujima is accessible by a municipal ferry. Inside the island there is a forest railway, the Anbō Forest Railway.
| Climate data for Yakushima (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1937−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.2 (95.4) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.7 (94.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
0.7 (33.3) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
2.2 (36.0) |
0.7 (33.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 294.6 (11.60) |
289.2 (11.39) |
387.0 (15.24) |
405.5 (15.96) |
444.1 (17.48) |
860.3 (33.87) |
362.4 (14.27) |
256.5 (10.10) |
450.7 (17.74) |
309.9 (12.20) |
309.6 (12.19) |
281.8 (11.09) |
4,651.7 (183.14) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
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| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.5 mm) | 17.2 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 19.6 | 12.5 | 14.6 | 15.5 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 179.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 85 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 74.9 | 83.2 | 117.9 | 146.2 | 152.7 | 100.0 | 209.9 | 201.3 | 139.8 | 115.9 | 97.3 | 78.8 | 1,515.8 |
| Source: Japan Meteorological Agency[1] | |||||||||||||
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