Where does Island Sky dock in Yakushima?

Needs a 5.5-hour callabout 3.5h

Miyanoura on foot: the Village Center, Masaku Shrine and the market

Any call, and short or late-arriving ones. The Village Center opens at 9:00 and closes on Mondays, or the Tuesday after a holiday Monday, but not in Golden Week or from 20 July to 31 August (open Mon 11 Oct 2027, closed Mon 8 May 2028); the Furusato Ichiba restaurant opens at 11:00, so on an early call do the shrine and the market shop first. If you tender, start from the landing point

1. 0:00Walk from the cruise quay over the river bridge to Masaku Shrine (1.7 km, about 25 min, our estimate)
2. 0:40Walk on to the Environmental Culture Village Center at the port entrance (about 10 min)
3. 0:50Exhibition hall, sea to summit, then the film
4. 2:00Yakushima Furusato Ichiba: flying-fish lunch and the market
5. + 3 more stops on the full route

No transport needed from the quay

Needs a 7-hour callabout 5h

Shiratani Unsuikyo: to the moss forest and back

Calls of 7 hours or more with the ship in by 09:00: out on the 10:08 bus, back on the 13:45. The 8:23 bus also works but leaves you waiting for the 13:45. A ship that tenders loses 30–60 min each way: on Mitsui Ocean Sakura’s 21 April 2027 call the 10:08 cannot be caught, so take a taxi both ways; on its 1 July 2027 call (08:00–17:00) take the 10:08 out but a taxi booked for 13:45 back from Shiratani (about 25 min, about ¥4,200, our estimate), because the 13:45 bus and the walk reach the quay at about 14:32, after the 14:30 an hour’s tender run needs. Not after heavy rain, when the streams rise

Needs the ship in by 09:00

1. 0:00Walk to the 宮之浦 (Miyanoura) bus stop on the main road (1.4 km, about 20 min, our estimate), or take a taxi from the quay (about 25 min)
2. 0:28Bus to Shiratani Unsuikyo at 10:08, arriving 10:40, ¥530
3. 1:00Pay the ¥800 forest fee and take the English map
4. 1:05Walk the Taikoiwa route to the moss forest and back, about 2 h 30 min
5. + 3 more stops on the full route

Bus ¥530 each way from the 宮之浦 stop (fare table of March 2024), or a taxi about ¥4,200 each way from the quay, our estimate

Needs an 8.5-hour callabout 6.5h

The cedars: Yakusugi Museum, Yakusugi Land and Kigensugi by taxi

Calls of 8 hours or more. Book the taxi before the call; none waits at the trailheads. The museum closes on the first Tuesday of the month and 29 Dec–1 Jan

1. 0:00Taxi to the Yakusugi Museum in Anbo (23 km, about 30–35 min, our estimate)
2. 0:35Yakusugi Museum, 50–60 min
3. 1:35Up the mountain road to Yakusugi Land (12.5 km, about 25 min)
4. 2:00Yakusugi Land, about 1 h 30 min on a course past Buddhasugi and Hahakosugi
5. + 4 more stops on the full route

Taxi about ¥12,400 out to Yakusugi Land and about ¥14,300 back from Kigensugi, our estimates; a day rate or a jumbo taxi for four can cost less per head