Below is a list of English speaking guides registered with Yakushima Tourism Association. They are listed in order by where the guides are located, clockwise from Nagata to Kurio. The levels of language fluency varies from basic to fluent. If you have any specific needs, please contact us and we can put you in touch with a guide who best meets your requirements.
The list of all the guides registered with Yakushima Tourism Association, can be found on our Japanese site.
NAME | LOCATION | MIYANO URADAKE | JOMON SUGI | SHIRA TANI/ YAKUSU GILAND | KAYAK | DIVING | SNORKE LING | SUP | SHOWER CLIMBING | TELEPHONE | EMAIL |
Ichiyaku Ishikawa, Takeaki | Isso | 1 day | ✓ | ✓ | 090-1415-6525 | ta458ishika@gmail.com | |||||
Matsunaga, Fuma | Shitoko | ✓ | 090-9133-5499 | fumatora@gmail.com | |||||||
Yakushima Green Trek Gouda, Junji | Miyanoura | 1 day | ✓ | ✓ | 090-4994-5686 | sedirea-japonica8940@docomo.ne.jp | |||||
Kanno, Kiyoko | Miyanoura | River | ✓ | ✓ | 090-8925-7032 | kaiolohia@divers.ne.jp | |||||
Takada, Hideaki* | Miyanoura | ✓ | ✓ | River | 080-6405-4396/ 0997-42-1945 | hamamastree@gmail.com
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Takada, Kenta | Miyanoura | 1 day | ✓ | 090-7466-3765/ 0997-42-3495 | morino-tabibito@kpb.biglobe.ne.jp
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Tsumagari, Nobutoshi | Miyanoura | Ask | ✓ | ✓ | 080-1798-7079/ 0997-42-2310 | info@ymktour.net
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Uchimuro, Noriko | Miyanoura | ✓ | 090-8658-8726 | ringotsubaki@gmail.com | |||||||
Minagawa, Naonobu | Kusugawa | 1 day | ✓ | ✓ | 090-2745-7015 | biyaku_info@yahoo.co.jp
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Nakajima, Shohei | Kusugawa | ✓ | River/ Sea | ✓ | ✓ | 070-9038-1081 | onedropyakushima@gmail.com | ||||
Niimura, Kazuhiro | Kusugawa | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | River/ Sea | 080-6443-8993 | sprout.niimura@gmail.com
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Sankara Ooki, Nobusuke | Koseda | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | River | 080-1050-6839/ 0997-43-5909 | heybond555@gmail.com | ||||
Yoshisuji, Takaya* | Koseda | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | 090-7959-1982 | kichikin@gmail.com
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Sangaku Taro Higashi, Mizuha | Anbo | 1 day | ✓ | ✓ | River | ✓ | 090-1178-7323 | mizuha.h@ezweb.ne.jp | |||
Itou, Toshiaki | Anbo | 1 day | ✓ | ✓ | River | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 090-8879-9200/ 0997-46-3160 | club@yakushima-guide.jp | |
Itsubo, Miki | Anbo | ✓ | Ask | ✓ | 090-4646-8618/ 0997-46-2730 | itsubo39@hotmail.com | |||||
Joyce, Cameron | Anbo | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | 090-5535-8279 | satono.y@gmail.com | |||||
Kanai, Hinako | Anbo | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | River | 070-7492-3613 | kumakusa.tugaru@gmail.com | ||||
Kanzaki, Makio | Anbo | ✓ | 090-9212-8729/ 0997-46-2129 | makiosoba@yahoo.co.jp | |||||||
Kihara, Akira | Anbo | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | River/ Sea | ✓ | ✓ | 080-6427-6074 | spinnaker@yakushima-kayak.com | ||
Native Vision Nonoyama, Tomio | Anbo | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | 080-5254-6248 | afrinono371@f2.dion.ne.jp | |||||
Tanaka, Shunzo | Anbo | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | River | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 080-8357-3308 | s28071977@gmail.com | |
Watanabe, Taro | Anbo | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | River | ✓ | 090-4344-6890/ 0997-49-7112 | office@sangakutaro.com | |||
Suzuki, Shitoka | Hara | ✓ | 090-3694-2586 | shitoka.suzuki@gmail.com | |||||||
Kato, Akira | Onoaida | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Ask | 090-6650-1380 | info@greenmount.jp | |||
Nakaji, Kenjiro | Onoaida | 1 day | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 090-8624-1569/ 0997-46-3678 | info@bigtrip.jp | ||||
Onoaida | 080-1520-2750 | makiko007@gmail.com | |||||||||
Aida, Junichi | Hirauchi | 1 day/ 2days | ✓ | ✓ | River | 090-2718-2753/ 0997-47-3310 | info@pockets.jp | ||||
Native Vision Oka, Masashi | Hirauchi | ✓ | 070-2628-6819/ 0997-47-3780 | evergreen-000-forest@oboe.ocn.ne.jp |
*Additional languages
Chinese: Yoshisuji Takaya
Sign: Takada Hideaki