Overview
A coast road between Kurio and Nagata. For about 20 kilometres there are no houses, and some 15 lie within the World Heritage area.
About this place
A coastal road on the west side of the island in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, connecting the Kurio and Nagata settlements, commonly called the Western Forest Road. The road continues for about 20 km with no houses, of which about 15 km is included in the World Natural Heritage area. The roadside is mostly laurel forest, where troops of wild Yaku monkeys live, and you can see them relaxing on the road.
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