Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, with lots of corals and marine fish

Okinawa Free Travel Guide - Ishigaki Island, located in the south of the Yaeyama Islands of the Ryukyu Islands, is the political, economic, educational and transportation center of the Yaeyama Islands, covering an area of ​​222.6 square kilometers. It is said that in order to protect themselves from typhoons, the houses on the island were surrounded by stone walls, hence the name "Ishigaki".

Ishigaki Island has a circumference of about 90 kilometers and is characterized by many mountains, including Mount Umoto, the highest in Okinawa with an altitude of 526 meters. Ishigaki Island borders the East China Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Ishigaki Island has a circumference of about 90 kilometers and is characterized by many mountains, including Mount Moto, the highest in Okinawa with an altitude of 526 meters. Ishigaki Island is at the same latitude as Hawaii, so the sun shines all year round.

Main Attractions: Kabira Bay: There are various corals in the sea, and there are many kinds of fish swimming in the corals.

Unganqi Lighthouse: From here, you can wade through the dead corals to the edge of the living corals exposed above the water.



Tangren Tomb: In the mid-19th century, the United States was short of labor due to the gold rush, so it was prepared to bring 400 Chinese laborers to the United States. The Chinese laborers rebelled because of the American atrocities. The captain ordered the ship to return to Xiamen Port. Unfortunately, it ran aground near Ishigaki Island on the way. In addition to those who died of illness on the ship, 380 people landed on Ishigaki Island.


Kabira Park: The main attraction is the monkey park


Hirakubozaki Lighthouse: The northernmost tip of Ishigaki Island, sparsely populated, very similar to the place where Shu Qi jumped into the sea in the movie If You Are the One, and is also a place worth seeing