Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 7-hour call or longer
6 stops, nothing to reserve
Room to spare
None
Fits a 7-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~¥9,200 per car
By taxi, there and back. Boat ¥1,700–2,300 pp.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada
Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.
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.
- +0:00Taxi or tour to Kabira Bay
~35 minutes north. Fix the return before you get out
What you will see hereFull guide: Kabira Bay - +0:45The glass-bottom boat
The only way to see the water properly — swimming is prohibited here
- +1:45The headland viewpoint
The photograph everyone comes for, and it is genuinely that colour
- +2:30Back toward town
- +3:15Ishigaki 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 - +4:30Back 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.
Different hours, different day