Anbō, Yakushima

Anbō (安房), also spelled Ambō, is a port town and the major settlement of the island of Yakushima, in Japan.

A 13 km mountain road links it to the touristic natural areas Arakawa Waterfalls and Yakusugi Land.

The port of Anbō has passenger services to Kuchinoerabu, Nishinoomote (on Tanegashima island), Miyanoura and Kagoshima.

The town is crossd by the main island road and is served by a bus network.

The railway has a gauge of 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) and starts north of Anbō town, reaching the Arakawa Waterfalls, the ghost village of Kosugidani, and a forest area below Mount Miyanoura and close to the Jōmon Sugi tree.