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Ishigaki by boat
Ishigaki by boat
Ishigaki Port (石垣港) is located at the center of the city near the bus terminal. There are two parts: the central Ritō-sanbashi (離島さんばし), for services to nearby islands, and a second unnamed pier at the southeast corner of the port for long-distance services to Yonaguni and slow boats to Hateruma. The port information office is next to Ritō-sanbashi pier 1.
Since Ryukyu Kaiun took the last passenger ferry out of service in 2006 and Arimura Sangyo went out of business altogether in 2007, there are no scheduled services to Taiwan, mainland Japan or islands outside the Yaeyama group. (Star Cruises operates cruises from Keelung (near Taipei) between late April to the end of October, but this is not a ferry service.)
There are extensive services (daytime only) to the other islands in the Yaeyama group:
Taketomi (�580, 15 min), departures every 30 minutes
Iriomote Ōhara Port (�1540, 35 min) and Uehara Port (�2000, 40 min; summer months only), departures roughly hourly
Kohama (�1030, 25 min), departures roughly hourly
Kuro (�1130, 25 min), 5 departures daily
Hateruma (�3000, 70 min), 7 departures daily
Prices and times above are one-ways on fast ferries and may vary slightly from company to company. Return fares are usually 10% cheaper.
Slower service with regular ships is somewhat cheaper but connections are less frequent:
Hateruma (�3000, abt. 2 hours), 1 departure per day (weekdays only)
Yonaguni (�3400, 4-5 hours), 2 departures weekly
The major operators are Anei Kankō , Hirata Group and Yaeyama Kankō Ferry . There are free courtesy buses from the larger resorts to some ferries, enquire locally.
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