Kyushu: Yakushima Island Turtle Hatching, Kagoshima. Yakushima is the main North Pacific nesting site. Female turtles will return to the place they were born – some 25 to 30 years prior – on Yakushima every year between May and August. Most of them end up on Nagata Inaka Beach on the northwest of the island. #Sharing #gonokajapan #japanese #socialmedia #Facebook #connection #beautifuljapan #visitjapan #japantravel #japanesenationalpark

Hachimantai Dragon Eye. The gentle slopes of Mount Hachimantai rise to an elevation of 1,613 meters from a plateau spanning the border between Akita and Iwate Prefectures in northern Honshū . The forested area around the summit is dotted with numerous bodies of water, including Kagami Pond in Senboku, Akita, a circular pool with a flat, reflective surface like a mirror (kagami). In the late spring, the pond’s covering of ice and snow starts to thaw, and a ring of open water forms around the edge, leaving a white disk in the middle, as shown in this video. Next, a pool of water gathers in the center of the white disk, making the pond look rather like a huge eye. #japanese #visitjapan #gonokajapan #japantravel #connection #socialmedia #Sharing #japanesenationalpark #beautifuljapan #Facebook