When I least expected I received a card from a new UNESCO site!! Yay. Thank you so much Fiona.
The northern part of Okinawa’s main island, and Iriomote Island—along with Amami-Oshima Island and Tokunoshima Island (Kagoshima Prefecture)—were designated Natural World Heritage in 2021. The areas encompass both Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park and Yambaru National Park. Sparsely inhabited and full of lush mangrove forests, these areas are home to an incredible variety of rare, endemic flora and fauna, some of which can be found nowhere else in the world.
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JP-1877021, sent by Fiona.
Yanbaru is the name of the northern area of Okinawa’s main island and means “densely forested mountains.” Much of this biodiverse region is protected within Yambaru National Park, which occupies an area of around 174 square kilometers.
Yanbaru's subtropical evergreen forests, mangroves, and limestone mountains are an important habitat for rare plants and animals, including the endemic Okinawa rail.
Cape Hedo, the northernmost cape on the main island, offers panoramas of the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, and views of jagged limestone cliffs. The otherworldly karst rock formations of Daisekirinzan are about a 5-minute drive inland from the cape. Here, you can walk along trails amid the uniquely shaped limestone karsts that formed around 200 million years ago. - in: https://visitokinawajapan.com
Yanbaru's subtropical evergreen forests, mangroves, and limestone mountains are an important habitat for rare plants and animals, including the endemic Okinawa rail.
Cape Hedo, the northernmost cape on the main island, offers panoramas of the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean, and views of jagged limestone cliffs. The otherworldly karst rock formations of Daisekirinzan are about a 5-minute drive inland from the cape. Here, you can walk along trails amid the uniquely shaped limestone karsts that formed around 200 million years ago. - in: https://visitokinawajapan.com
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