Photo: Adobe Stock / LicensedThe port has not published Nautica's berth in Ishigaki for 28 Feb.
Shared cars with a guide first; each takes no more than the 28 Feb call leaves you. Booked through Viator; there is no tour desk at the pier.
Fits your 28 Feb callSmall group4.9★ · 506
Fits your 28 Feb callSmall group4.9★ · 214A 90-minute SUP or canoe paddle on the Miyara River mangroves, a protected natural monument, with Ishigaki Adventure PiPi.
US$51 each · US$102 for twoPickup on requestneeds a 4-hour callfits 100% of calls hereFree cancellation 24h aheadWhy it is here
Fits your 28 Feb callSmall group4.9★ · 115Tours are booked through Viator (a Tripadvisor company). If you book, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It never decides what we recommend.
Each one is a round trip from the gangway that fits the usable hours of this call.
Cut to the 28 Feb call. The half hour to get off and the hour before all-aboard are already kept free.
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Needs a 5-hour callabout 3hfoodhistory
For a short call: a market, a bowl of soba, and one quiet historic house.
Free with a ship shuttle, otherwise a taxi ~¥800–1,000 each way
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Needs a 7-hour callabout 5hviewsnature
For the postcard bay, a glass-bottom boat and beef, without a full day out.
Costs about ¥9,200 per car by taxi, there and back
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Needs a 9-hour callabout 7hhistorywalk
For the best day this port offers: a coral-walled village and a buffalo cart.
Needs the ship in by 12:50
Costs about ¥1,880 pp ferry return (+¥300 voluntary island fee)
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Sun, 28 Feb 2027, 07:00–17:00 (10 h in port). Off the ship from 07:30, back at the gangway by 15:30. Print it or save it before you lose the ship's Wi-Fi.
Rain on about 10 days in 30 — the rain-day plan if the day turns wet
The forecast for Sun 28 Feb appears here from Mon 22 Feb.
Normals 1991–2020: Japan Meteorological Agency, Ishigakijima Island station · The official figures →
Nautica arrives at Ishigaki at 07:00 on both calls, and the departure sets the day: 17:00 on 28 Feb, 19:00 on 21 Apr. Both come from the line's itinerary and the port has not listed a berth, so confirm the quay; from the New Port cruise quay town is 40–50 min on foot, so the shuttle or a taxi comes first.
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Usable hours follow the one rule: off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that. Overnight calls count the longest stretch ashore between 08:00 and 21:00 (the night is not touring time). Dates and times from the cruise line’s published itinerary; the port has not listed these calls yet; the daily programme has the final word.
07:00 to 17:00 or 19:00 · about 8 to 10 usable hours · gangway by 15:30 or 17:30
Off the ship 07:30 on both. 28 Feb gives 8 usable hours to a 15:30 gangway; 21 Apr gives 10 to a 17:30 gangway. Taketomi, and the sand lanes (about 7 hours) fits both if the shuttle to the island ferry terminal is running, with time over on 21 Apr for the town; Kabira Bay and back (about 5 hours) is the land option with a car booked.
The guided day for these callsAll-Inclusive Ishigaki Shore Excursion for Cruise PassengersShared car · per person5.0★ · 23from US$123 per person · max 8 · fits 2 of 2 full-day calls · open on 2 of the 2 checkedWhy it is here, and the clockThe mistake to avoid: Walking into town from the New Port cruise quay: it is 40–50 min on foot, further than the map suggests, and on 28 Feb the gangway is 15:30, so take the shuttle or a taxi and keep the walking for Taketomi.
Tour opening days from the operators' live schedules on Viator, checked 14 Nov; a date can close as seats sell.
The port has not published Nautica's berth in Ishigaki for 28 Feb; ships here normally use New Port cruise quay (Painuhama, in use since 2018; 420 m) — big ships alongside, no tender, no terminal building. Berths can be reassigned on busy days; the daily programme has the final word.
Nautica arrives at Ishigaki at 07:00 on both calls, and the departure sets the day: 17:00 on 28 Feb, 19:00 on 21 Apr. Both come from the line's itinerary and the port has not listed a berth, so confirm the quay; from the New Port cruise quay town is 40–50 min on foot, so the shuttle or a taxi comes first. The mistake to avoid: Walking into town from the New Port cruise quay: it is 40–50 min on foot, further than the map suggests, and on 28 Feb the gangway is 15:30, so take the shuttle or a taxi and keep the walking for Taketomi.
Sun, 28 Feb 2027: 07:00–17:00 (10 h in port); Wed, 21 Apr 2027: 07:00–19:00 (12 h in port). Off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, all-aboard 30 minutes before departure, back at the gangway an hour before that: plan for about 8 usable hours on the call of Sun, 28 Feb 2027, back at the gangway by 15:30.
3 of the port's timed days fit the call of Sun, 28 Feb 2027: The town, on foot (about 3h), Kabira Bay and back (about 5h), Taketomi, and the sand lanes (about 7h). 3 guided days fit the call, shared cars first.
On a usual February day Ishigaki reaches about 22 °C (72 °F), with a low of about 17 °C (63 °F); rain (1 mm or more) falls on about 10 days in 30. These are the Japan Meteorological Agency's 1991–2020 normals for Ishigakijima Island. From 7 days before the call, this page shows the forecast for the day itself.
Checked · Visited in person · Takumi Yamada
Dates and times from the cruise line’s published itinerary; the port has not listed these calls yet. Schedules change; your ship's daily programme has the final word.
