SAILING JAPAN 1: Southern Japan Islands

At the start of our 8th season, we departed Taiwan where we had been refitting Shaima for several months. After a 3 day sail, we entered Japan in Okinawa. We spent two weeks exploring Okinawa and two more islands Yakushima and Kamikoshiki Shima, both beautiful islands with pristine nature. From these last islands we left for Nagasaki our first destination in major island of Kiushu.