30 things to do by 2030 in Japan’s Natural World Heritage Sites025Do not feed the animals. This can threaten the balance of nature.Do not collect or bring with you any plants or animals.Powered craft and any capture or collection of flora and fauna are forbidden in the mangrove forests. Iriomote Island Ecotourism Association https://www.iriomote-ea.com/Tokunoshima Tourism Organization http://www.tokunoshima-kanko.com/Iriomote Island is best known for the Iriomote wildcat and mangrove forests, but unfortunately in recent years beach garbage has begun to stand out as well. Volunteers have helped pick up this garbage, some 90% of which is said to be ocean plastic, at special events for the past two decades. However, as the island has no facilities for processing beach garbage, it must be shipped to Ishigaki Island for this, which strains the island’s budget.To help alleviate the situation, the island came up with the “one-bag beach clean,” carried out during ecotours. Participants spend 500 yen to buy one garbage bag. That money is combined with corporate donations and applied to the transport and disposal of beach garbage. As more and more visitors take part, the problem of beach garbage on Iriomote Island will gradually shrink.The Amami Islands are home to a kind of spirit called a kenmun (known as a kijimuna in Okinawa). Kenmun look like children, or perhaps like a kappa, and despite their mischievous nature the people of the islands have been fond of them since times of old. They are said to live in gajumaru (banyan) trees, which are common in Japan’s southwestern islands.Agon on Tokunoshima Island is home to a gajumaru tree that is more than 300 years old. The mystical atmosphere it exudes certainly does suggest that a kenmun could live here. Gajumaru are also known as “trees of fortune” due to their vital vigor, and in the language of flowers they symbolize health. We should all enjoy the same health and good fortune as this tree that that has grown for more than 300 years without being trimmed by human hands.Never litter. It harms both the landscape and the animals who live there.Do not go to the toilet anywhere except an actual toilet. Go in advance, or carry a portable toilet with you.Do not go into the mountains alone. They are home to dangerous creatures like habu vipers.To Don’t ListHelp clean the beachon Iriomote Island.Meet the gajumaru treesthat spirits call home.29303030
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