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Kabira Bay and back

4–6 hours ashore. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5h door to door6 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Door to door
~5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
6 stops, nothing to reserve
What it costs
~¥6,000 per couple by taxi
Transport spend: ~¥6,000 per couple by taxi. Boat ~¥1,300.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Taxi or tour to Kabira Bay

    ~35 minutes north. Fix the return before you get out

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kabira Bay →
  2. +0:45
    The glass-bottom boat

    The only way to see the water properly — swimming is prohibited here

  3. +1:45
    The headland viewpoint

    The photograph everyone comes for, and it is genuinely that colour

  4. +2:30
    Back toward town
  5. +3:15
    Ishigaki beef, at lunch prices

    The same animal costs a fraction of the dinner price at midday

    What you will see here →
    Photo: pelican from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. +4:30
    Back to the ship
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Ishigaki, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

The coast and lighthouse at the northern cape of Ishigaki
The coast and lighthouse at the northern cape of IshigakiPhoto: Nicholas Wang / CC BY-SA 2.0
A minsah belt being woven on Taketomi island
A minsah belt being woven on Taketomi islandPhoto: Ken FUNAKOSHI / CC BY-SA 2.0
Coral walls and red-tiled roofs on Taketomi island
Coral walls and red-tiled roofs on Taketomi islandPhoto: Syced / CC0
The Tojinbaka memorial on Ishigaki
The Tojinbaka memorial on IshigakiPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Taketomi
TaketomiPhoto: Syced / CC0
The town
The townPhoto: Opqr / CC BY-SA 3.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Ishigaki

The town, on foot2–3 hours · ~3h2–3 hours ashoreTaketomi, and the sand lanes8 hours or more · ~7h8h+ ashore — the best day this port offersThe rainy-day IshigakiA wet day · ~3.5hWet weather — and subtropical rain arrives fast and hard
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