FOREIGN VISITORS
There are very few recorded accounts of foreign visitors to Yakushima until after the Pacific War. However, Yakushima was on the early trade route with China and Tanegashima was a frequent stopping point for traders and emissaries. If the sea conditions were bad at the time then docking around the coastline of Yakushima would have been a necessity.
Ganjin
Ganjin was a Chinese monk born in present day Yangzhou, Jiangsu during the Tang Dynasty in 688.
Giovanni batista sidotti
Giovanni Batista Sidotti was born in Sicily in 1668. He trained as a missionary in Rome.
Ernest henry wilson
Ernest Henry Wilson was born in England in 1876 and at the age of 16 he began working at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.