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Plan your Yaeyama trip
Everything that decides how your days go: which island, the boats, the weather, tickets, getting from the airport, a car, a bed.
Today's sailings: reading the operators' status pages…
Decide
Which island?
All six compared: crossing, boats a day, shelter, with children, rain, food.
All six compared: crossing, boats a day, shelter, with children, rain, food.
Itineraries
Timed plans from half a day to three days, built on the timetables.
Timed plans from half a day to three days, built on the timetables.
Island-hopping planner
Up to three islands in one day; it tells you when it cannot be done.
Up to three islands in one day; it tells you when it cannot be done.
Best time to visit
Month by month: temperature, rain, typhoons, jellyfish, holidays, festivals.
Month by month: temperature, rain, typhoons, jellyfish, holidays, festivals.
The boats
Ferry timetables
All routes, both operators, live status.
All routes, both operators, live status.
Tickets
How to buy, returns, passes, luggage, cancellation fees.
How to buy, returns, passes, luggage, cancellation fees.
Cancellations
Which routes go first, refunds, the Uehara bus.
Which routes go first, refunds, the Uehara bus.
Airport to ferry terminal
Bus times and fares, taxi, why ferries do not wait.
Bus times and fares, taxi, why ferries do not wait.
On Ishigaki
Ishigaki Island
Things to do on the main island: Kabira Bay, beaches, the north, town.
Things to do on the main island: Kabira Bay, beaches, the north, town.
Car rental
Do you need one, licence rules, where the counters are, what is published on price.
Do you need one, licence rules, where the counters are, what is published on price.
Where to stay
By area, and when to sleep on another island.
By area, and when to sleep on another island.
Arriving soon?
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Prices and inclusions are as the seller publishes them on its booking page; they change by date and season.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Kabira Bay, Ishigaki Island: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
