Free self-guided route · Ishigaki
Three Ishigaki panoramas.
A relaxed self-guided driving day beyond Ishigaki City, with three landscape stops, local food pauses and practical notes for weather and road conditions.
Island stories
Tag: <span>Japan</span>
Island life
Making, learning and local materials.
A craft workshop offers a way to understand an island through its materials and the people who work with them. This story returns to a DiscoverYaima visit to Yachimunkan near Shiraho.
The islands
Panari, a visit arranged with care.
Aragusuku is made up of Kamiji and Shimoji. Together they are known as Panari, meaning separated. Plan a visit through an organised boat excursion, with the guide arranging both the crossing and where the group can go.
The islands
Hateruma, for the sea.
For us, Hateruma is about the colour and clarity of the sea, its reef and the quiet of a small island. Give those reasons enough time, and plan the crossing as carefully as the stay.
Plan your trip
Hiking in Ishigaki
A walk in Banna Park and a mountain outing on Ishigaki are not the same thing. Here is how we think about the places we have walked, and what to check before setting out.
Food & everyday life
Inside Ikehara Distillery.
A hands-on visit to an Ishigaki distillery, where making awamori brings rice, black koji and three generations of family knowledge together.
Food & everyday life
Papiru: cakes and tea in Shiraho
A place we return to for cakes, birthday celebrations and the small rituals of life on Ishigaki.
Restaurant Rakumi in Ishigaki
A cozy kappo-style restaurant in Ishigaki, led by a skilled chef and known for carefully prepared seasonal Japanese dishes.
Food & everyday life
A return to Joo Chiat Cafe.
A familiar stop in Kabira: a personal account of food, conversation and returning to Joo Chiat Cafe.
7Days7Cafes: Hot sugarcane juice in Ishigaki at Parlor Papaya
#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 […]