Bonus Map 2 – Yakushima

After being delayed by the Typhoon, I eventually made it to Yakushima, which is basically famous for being the inspiration for the setting of the Ghibli movie: Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫). On the first day I decided to check out a beach as half the day was already over, the ferry (the one you can take …

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Road to Laputa, Kumamoto

I've come to learn: if it's not hard to get to, it's not worth seeing. That is definitely true for the Road to Laputa. The name again comes from the similarity to a Ghibli movie: Castle in the Sky, Laputa (Japanese: 天空の城ラピュタ) https://goo.gl/maps/sMzzhqvjDZy A touch ride up like 1,300m or so and I finally made …