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The rainy-day Ishigaki

Wet weather — and subtropical rain arrives fast and hard. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~3.5h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: Opqr / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
~3.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — and subtropical rain arrives fast and hard
What it costs
~¥1,000 pp
Transport spend: ~¥1,000 pp. Museum ~¥200.
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
    Shuttle in, then Euglena Mall

    Covered arcade, 3–5 min from the ferry terminal drop-off

    What you will see here →Full guide: The town →
  2. +0:30
    The public market, both floors

    Fish, awamori, salt, chilli oil, and lunch upstairs

    What you will see here →Full guide: The town →
    Photo: pelican from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. +1:30
    Yaeyama Museum

    Small, indoors, and the only place that explains the 1771 tsunami properly

    What you will see here →
    Photo: FOX ^.ᆽ.^= ∫ / Pexels
  4. +2:15
    Ishigaki beef for lunch, then minsah weaving shops

    Both indoors and both genuinely local

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Ken FUNAKOSHI / CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. +3:15
    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.

Kabira Bay seen from the headland, Ishigaki
Kabira Bay seen from the headland, IshigakiPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
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
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
Miyara Dunchi
Miyara DunchiPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Ishigaki

The town, on foot2–3 hours · ~3h2–3 hours ashoreKabira Bay and back4–6 hours · ~5h4–6 hours ashoreTaketomi, and the sand lanes8 hours or more · ~7h8h+ ashore — the best day this port offers
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