Japanese macaques (snow monkeys), Yakushima island, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Japan.

Japanese macaques (snow monkeys), Yakushima island, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Japan. Stopping frequently to admire the snow monkeys from our rental car, we circled the perimeter road, which tightly narrows in the west and excludes buses as it winds through the lush Yakushima UNESCO World Heritage Site. Japanese macaques are the world’s most northerly monkey species – thriving up to the northern tip of Honshu island. On Yakushima island they are called yakuzaru and equal the number of human residents (around 13,000 in 2024). Yakushima is a quiet, subtropical island with ancient cedar forest, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. 20% of Yakushima is designated as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site.

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Japanese macaques (snow monkeys), Yakushima island, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Japan. Stopping frequently to admire the snow monkeys from our rental car, we circled the perimeter road, which tightly narrows in the west and excludes buses as it winds through the lush Yakushima UNESCO World Heritage Site. Japanese macaques are the world’s most northerly monkey species – thriving up to the northern tip of Honshu island. On Yakushima island they are called yakuzaru and equal the number of human residents (around 13,000 in 2024). Yakushima is a quiet, subtropical island with ancient cedar forest, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. 20% of Yakushima is designated as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site.