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Shiratani Unsuikyo (Taiko-iwa)

Kagoshima · · Nature & Scenery

Japanese name: 白谷雲水峡（太鼓岩）

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WHAT TO DOShiratani Unsuikyo (Taiko-iwa)

Holds the moss forest known as the mossy wood, with a climb up to Taiko Rock.

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Holds the moss forest known as the mossy wood, with a climb up to Taiko Rock.

About this place

Shiratani Unsuikyo is a gorge of the Shiratani River, a tributary of the Miyanoura River flowing through northern Yakushima. Administratively it belongs to Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture. The area is spread with huge rocks such as Taikoiwa, formed by granite erosion due to abundant rainfall, and covered with primeval forest. This primeval forest is in the stage of transitioning to the generally known dense Yakusugi zone, and evergreen forest of hemlock, fir and others grows mixed with relatives of the laurel forest such as ura-jirogashi, isunoki and tabunoki. Yayoisugi is a giant cedar 3,000 years old and the symbol of the gorge.

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