The density of living things in Yoro island is the highest among the villages I have ever visited.

Butterfly

In Yoro Island, the beachs lined with Pandanus trees to control a tide-water, and large trees grow in the village. It is a forest village from a distance. The environment attracts birds, and in the morning and evening, the chirping echoes in the village.

The streets are full of various flowers. Large black and white butterflies attracted by their nectar fly around. It is my first experience to see many numbers of butterflies cross a close distance in a village. Coenobita purpureus gathers around the base of Pandanus trees where the fruits drop. The noise that coenobitas crawl on fallen leaves towards the fruits are heard loudly even at a great distance, and I felt a little scared of the enormous power of small creatures gathering together. The beautiful coral stone walls are the habitat of a poisonous snake and the sticks for driving away from a snake in the village imply its existence.

Even though there are many vacant houses, residents live and traffic is occasional. The state of the actual village generates an exquisite balance to coexist between living things and human existence, which has decreased since the peak. Here, humans are also an element of biodiversity. It's not all bad things that people are less dense.

Barringtonia racemosa, which blooms on summer nights, is a rare species with sweet fragrances and spore-like white flowers in the dark. Tourists visit the island from afar to see it.

Butterfly which seemed to mate in the air.
Coenobita purpureus
Rich variety of wild flowers in the village. Probably one kind of orchid.
Rich variety of wild flowers in the village.
Barringtonia racemosa in the dark
Falling flowers of Barringtonia racemosa in the morning
Human
Goat
See the dinner in the inn. It mainly composes of local ingredients. The cucumber as a garnish with sashimi had an exquisite sweetness, so I asked the landlady if she had pickled it in sweet vinegar. She said she just cut the island cucumber, which she harvested in her fields. Rich ingredients from sea and land are also biodiversity.


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When you want to know more → Time of Travel - Village in Amami Islands:Yorojima Island - 5 : Biological diversity(Setouchi, Amami Islands, Kagoshima, Japan)

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