The cave of the heart on Yakushima island is hidden in the middle of a thousand-year-old forest, possessing a mysterious and dreamy landscape, attracting many tourists to visit.
Go to Yakushima Island and get lost in the ancient primeval forest
Japan not only has cherry blossom season or Mount Fuji but also has many beautiful destinations, possessing unique and impressive pictures. One of them is the heart cave on the island of Yakushima. Before exploring the cave with its heart-shaped mouth, perhaps visitors spend a little time to get lost in the beautiful world of primeval forest.
Yakushima Island is a beautiful island of Japan. Photo: @ yama_shiori_
Traveling to Japan's Yakushima island is an interesting journey, opening up many fascinating experiences for visitors. This island is located in southern Kyushu province, was recognized as a World Natural Heritage in 1993. In particular, the wild ancient ecosystem on the island is also a model for the animated movie "Princess Monosuke" " famous.
This island is located in Kyushu province. Photo: @d57travel
Coming to Yakushima Island, visitors have the opportunity to explore the ancient primeval forest ecosystem. The forest is the place of growth and development of ancient trees that are up to tens of centuries old. Mainly tall cedar trees, green foliage and zigzag roots like snakes.
The island of Yakushima has an ancient primeval forest with thousand-year-old cedar trees. Photo: @ yakushima.osampotour
This beautiful Japanese island is located in a cool temperate climate zone, creating favorable conditions for organisms to thrive. Ecological forest accounts for 90% of the island, covering a cool green color of trees, grass and lush moss carpet, turning this place like a fairy-tale world in real life.
Unspoiled, primitive picture on Yakushima island. Photo: @mie.shanghai
On the island of Yakushima, you will experience the trails in the middle of the thousand-year-old forest, discover the cedar tree that has lived for 7200 years. And most especially, this place also has a cave with a beautiful heart-shaped mouth, promising to be the hot check-in coordinates loved by many tourists.
Explore the Heart Cave on Yakushima Island
On the island of Yakushima, the perennial cedar trees are named as a way for tourists to locate coordinates and easily visit and admire. Among the long-lasting cedars on the island, there is a tree called Wilson - this is also the place where the heart cave on Yakushima island is often sought by tourists.
On the island there is a hollow cedar tree, forming a beautiful heart cave. Photo: @yakushima.photographer.ht
The cave here is not a stalactite cave like the one in Quang Binh Vietnam. It is a cave formed inside the heart of the Wilson tree - an ancient cedar tree that is 3,000 years old. 300 years ago, the tree was cut down, so now it is just a hollow stump.
This is a 3000 year old Wilson cedar. Photo: @38nina
However, thanks to the hollow intestine, when you follow the entrance to the inside of the tree, you will feel like you are exploring a cave. From the cave, looking up at the mouth of the cave is a green heart shape, surrounded by beautiful green foliage. Many tourists have come here and took special commemorative photos, rarely found anywhere in the world.
The heart-shaped cave mouth is very beautiful. Photo: @nagaofficial2
The Wilson tree - home to the heart cave on Yakushima island - now has only a large root, but the "descendants" of the tree continue to grow. The surrounding saplings began to rise, blending into the beautiful ancient primeval forest. Here, you can take pictures to check in inside the mouth of the cave and also outside, saving precious moments.
The green foliage on the mouth of the cedar tree cave. Photo: @_i_am_nam_
Right inside this cave there is a small altar. Visitors here do not forget to "ask permission" to be photographed. In addition, even though it is a natural place, in order to respect the old cedar trees, you should go quietly and politely in the process of sightseeing and taking photos.
During the journey to explore the cave, you will be entering a beautiful green cedar forest. Photo: @soramido_yakushima
The height from the mouth of the cave to the ground is about a few meters and the size of the mouth of the heart cave on Yakushima island is wide enough to catch all the natural light. Coming here on sunny days, you will see the golden rays of sunlight shining through the mouth of the cave and crept deep inside. The sunlight also makes the foliage around the mouth of the cave greener, making the photo more beautiful.
Yakushima island travel experience
Today, this island is a unique destination in Japan thanks to its ancient scenery like a fairy tale, and also has a beautiful heart cave. The best time to explore this island is March - November every year. Summer and autumn have little rain, cool weather, suitable for climbing activities, exploring the forest.
March - November every year is the right time for you to explore this island. Photo: @kenichisasagawa
If you want to experience more island-specific activities such as swimming, scuba diving or sea kayaking, the best time is from July to September. When the rainy season passes, the scenery on the island is beautiful. It is also more beautiful, the sea is also bluer for tourists to enjoy and explore.
