Macaques and deer on the Seibu RindoPhoto: Raita Futo / CC BY 2.0
The Seibu Rindo is the forest road between Nagata and Kurio on the west coast. The Ministry of the Environment runs a separate ecotourism programme for this western area.
Checked · Researched, not yet visited · times from official timetables and our estimates · Takumi Yamada
The western forest road between Nagata and Kurio crosses the World Heritage area, where Yakushima macaques and Yakushima deer sit by the road. Coaches cannot use it, only cars and microbuses. Drive slowly and do not feed the animals.
- 5 hr 30 min door to door needs a 7.5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
- No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
Do · ~5hShiratani Unsuikyo moss forest
Cedar, moss-covered granite and clear streams at 600–1,050 m, 10 km above Miyanoura.
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See · ~5hYakusugi Land
The higher recreation forest, at 1,000–1,300 m above Anbo, with five boardwalk and trail courses among named cedars: Buddhasugi, about 1,800 years old, and Hahakosugi, about 2,600.
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See · ~5hKigensugi cedar
A cedar of about 3,000 years, 19.5 m tall and 8.1 m round, beside the forest road.
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