Okinawa’s Yanbaru is one of Japan’s greatest treasure troves of living creatures.
At Kunigashira Forest Park, the entrance to the World Natural Heritage site, visitors can enjoy camping and bungalow accommodation, While enjoying camping or staying in a bungalow, you can feel the richness of nature in Okinawa, You can experience the richness of Okinawa’s abundant nature while camping or staying in a bungalow.
Away from the hustle and bustle of the city, you can enjoy an extraordinary experience while feeling the park’s natural surroundings.
Why don’t you spend a pleasant forest time for your body and mind while camping in Okinawa?
News
- Information 2024.2.3 [Campground/walking trail] For individuals and corporations using the park in groups
- Information 2024.2.3 [Campsite] Request to everyone visiting for stargazing
- Information 2025.2.16 Cansell Policy
- Information 2024.7.1 **Notice of Admission Fee Revision for Yambaru Forest Toy Museum**
- Information 2024.6.9 Free fare! Kunigami village secondary transportation bus service announcement
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Stargazing tour
A starry sky navigator will invite you to the starry sky of Yanbaru.
Yanbaru Tingara Story
“Tingara” is an Okinawan dialect word meaning “Milky Way” or “galaxy.
In Okinawa, the Milky Way can be observed throughout the year, but in Yanbaru, where there are few streetlights, the band of light crossing the night sky looks beautiful.
The background music is the chirps of the Yanbaru creatures coming from the jet-black forests, and the experience of being surrounded by a star-filled sky.
Astronomical observatory
During the stargazing tour, you can observe celestial bodies through the astronomical telescope attached to the stargazing platform.
Let’s contemplate the beautiful starry sky of quiet Yanbaru.
Yanbaru Forest Tour
MonitoringForest creatures
Let’s monitoring of the forest!
At Kunigami Village Forest Park, which is the entrance to the Yanbaru Forest, a World Heritage Site, daily monitoring surveys are conducted to record the changes in living creatures. On this tour, you will be involved in actual activities as a member of the survey team. This is a private tour limited to one group per day, so you can participate without hesitation.
ForestExploration
Let’s go on an adventure in the forest of Yanbaru!
The forests of Okinawa at night are also recommended.
Exploring the forest in the darkness without streetlights is full of excitement!
Listen carefully for the sounds of living creatures and try to spot them.
You may be able to encounter some of the world’s rare and endemic creatures of the Yanbaru region.
ForestTherapy
Let’s release your five senses
in the forest of the park.
Experience a forest where the effects of forest bathing have been scientifically recognized. The forest in the park along Forest Therapy Road has the power to heal us, release daily tension and stress, and bring our bodies into an ideal state. It’s proven. Our expert guides will guide you through walks and exercises that will help you maintain and improve your physical and mental health and reduce the effects of illness.
This tour is popular with women and the elderly.
Yanbaru Forest Toy Museum
The museum has a large selection of toys made from trees grown in the Yanbaru forest, such as itajii and Ryukyu pine.
Experience the charm of the forest through the warmth and beauty of the trees.
Visitors can also enjoy astronomical observation at the adjacent observatory.
