Modernization Heritage: National Forest Forestry Railway Complete Data - Kyushu & Okinawa Edition, Compiled and Written by Mitsuo Yabe A complete record of forestry railways laid across the southern islands and mountainous regions. This is a unique data collection that reveals the entire picture of the forestry railways that once crisscrossed the national forests of the Kyushu and Okinawa regions, almost entirely unknown except for Yakushima. They existed in the mountainous areas of Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and even in Amami Oshima and Iriomote Island! This book thoroughly compiles data based on the Forestry Agency's "Forest Road (= Forestry Railway) Ledger," a top-secret public document, to uncover the hidden tracks of narrow-gauge railways. The route list, route maps, and transition data included in this book are core information that cannot be obtained from other literature, and it is highly regarded as an essential resource for railway enthusiasts. By reading this book, the forestry railways, which are historically and technically valuable, will vividly revive in the deep forests of Yakushima, the steep mountains of Miyazaki, and the Kyushu Central Mountains. The detailed data from the heyday of narrow-gauge railways, which supported Japan's modernization through forestry, to their abolition will be the best field research guide for explorers visiting the sites. Published by the local publisher Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun, this is one volume in the National Forest Forestry Railway Complete Data series, and due to the limited distribution in the market, a near-mint condition item is extremely rare and valuable. Highly recommended for enthusiastic enthusiasts interested in the geography, forestry history, and the hidden side of railway history of the Kyushu and Okinawa regions. 2013, Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun, B5 size, 212 pages, with cover Condition: Near-mint condition, almost untouched. #Other Railway Books Here #Travel Guides & Maps Here #Other "Old Roads, Abandoned Roads, Extreme Roads, Ruins" Related Items Here #Other "Light Railways, Narrow Gauge, Private Lines" Here #Other "JNR Abandoned Lines" Here #ForestryRailway #NationalForest #Kyushu #Okinawa #Yakushima #Miyazaki #NarrowGauge #LightRailway #AbandonedLine #ModernizationHeritage #MitsuoYabe #KumamotoNichinichiShimbun #ForestRoadLedger #AbandonedLineData #Geography #RailwayHistory #IndustrialHeritage