Head west to the Seibu-rindo Forest Path. This 12.4-mile stretch of road is the picturesque home of the local Yaku monkeys—a species indigenous to the island. Here’s where your car comes in handy.

Today Yakushima’s roughly 13,000 residents live primarily around the island ring road, alongside a brood of aggressive chickens that roam free.

Head west to the Seibu-rindo Forest Path. This 12.4-mile stretch of road is the picturesque home of the local Yaku monkeys—a species indigenous to the island. Here’s where your car comes in handy.

We were planning to drive around Iceland, a nearly Kentucky-size country with a population of about 376,000, on the roughly 830-mile Ring Road, which circles the island.

Speaking after the inspection of the project, Kura Director General Eng. Siras Kinoti said the development of the Rusinga Island Ring Road will improve quality of life for the local community by ...