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Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
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Plan your trip
Choose the experiences you actually want time for. A day on the water, a forest outing or a visit to a maker can each give your trip a focus, with space around it for meals, travel and the island itself.
Food & everyday life
A hands-on visit to an Ishigaki distillery, where making awamori brings rice, black koji and three generations of family knowledge together.
Culture & community
Spend time with Kabira beyond the bay viewpoint: its village, food, craft and the landscape around it.
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Food & everyday life
A place we return to for cakes, birthday celebrations and the small rituals of life on Ishigaki.
A cozy kappo-style restaurant in Ishigaki, led by a skilled chef and known for carefully prepared seasonal Japanese dishes.
#7days7cafes Sugarcane juice in Ishigaki This is an updated story: We visited Parlor Papaya many times already. Mostly after a short walk up to the Yaeyama palmtree forest. This time we visited Parlor Papaya in the winter time. While it’s not particularly cold in Ishigaki Island during the winter, when you are used to hot […]
#7days7cafes *This restaurant is closed* Kusa Bobo means ‘covered with weeds’. But don’t let this meaning scare you off. The restaurant is located on a lush green hill in the Northern part of Ishigaki island. Restaurant Bobo The wooden name sign is easy to be overlooked, especially coming from the Northern areas of Ishigaki. Follow […]
#7days7cafes It’s maybe once or twice a year I’d choose to eat curry for lunch. While curry isn’t my favourite, it’s immensely popular in Japan. Today we had lunch at Travelers cafe Saku in Ishigaki. Japanese love for curry One of the (many) things I find remarkable in Japan, is their love for curry. I […]
#7days7cafes Important note: This restaurant is unfortunately closed. The chef went to Iriomote island. A new restaurant opened recently, which serves homemade juices, lunch & izakaya style creative food. We’ll write about it soon. One of our new favourite lunch places, Kitchen Amofu, is located just outside the main city center of Ishigaki. It isn’t […]