Yaku, Kagoshima
Yaku (屋久町, Yaku-chō) was a town located on the southern half of Yakushima (Yaku Island) in Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Jōmon Sugi in Yaku Island Japan
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,008 and a population density of 28.96 persons per km². The total area was 242.03 km².
On October 1, 2007, Yaku, along with the town of Kamiyaku (also from Kumage District), was merged to create the town of Yakushima.
External links
- Yaku Town at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese)
- Yaku Town at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in English)
- Yakushima Town (in Japanese)
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