ika ). ▁The ▁Japanese ▁racc oon ▁dog ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁common ▁animal , ▁but ▁is ▁not ▁native ▁to ▁the ▁island . ▁Japanese ▁we as els ▁( M ust ela ▁it at si ) ▁may ▁also ▁be ▁seen ▁from ▁time ▁to ▁time . ▁The ▁island ▁is ▁a ▁sp aw ning ▁ground ▁for ▁mig rat ory ▁logger head ▁t urt les , ▁and ▁dol ph ins ▁are ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁off sh ore . ▁The ▁coast al ▁areas ▁have ▁cor al ▁re ef s ▁in ▁places , ▁although ▁to ▁a ▁much ▁less er ▁extent ▁than ▁are ▁found ▁farther ▁south ▁in ▁the ▁islands ▁of ▁Ok ina wa . ▁ ▁Y ak ush ima ▁is ▁famous ▁for ▁its ▁l ush ▁veget ation . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁island ▁has ▁at ▁one ▁time ▁or ▁another ▁been ▁logged ▁( dating ▁back ▁at ▁least ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁E do ▁period ), ▁but ▁has ▁been ▁extens ively ▁re pl anted ▁and ▁res eed ed ▁since ▁logging ▁ended ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁at ▁which ▁time ▁a ▁conservation ▁regime ▁was ▁established . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁this ▁secondary ▁forest , ▁there ▁are ▁some ▁remaining ▁areas ▁of ▁primary ▁forest , ▁composed ▁mainly ▁of ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁C rypt om eria ▁japon ica , ▁or ▁Japanese ▁ced ar , ▁known ▁as ▁, ▁the ▁best ▁known ▁single ▁example ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁named ▁the ▁, ▁as ▁its ▁age ▁is ▁estimated ▁to ▁date ▁to ▁at ▁least ▁the ▁J ō mon ▁period ▁of ▁Japanese ▁history , ▁ 2 3 0 0 ▁years ▁ago . ▁In