Facility information
Minsa Weaving
Mineya Kobou
Genre | Industry |
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Explanatory text | The Mineya Weaving Center explains the production process based on the history of traditional Yaeyama hand-weaving.Visitors can actually experience weaving Yaeyama minsa and Kusagi dyeing. |
Location |
Remote island 1129-2 Wakugawahara, Arakawa, Ishigaki City, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-980-83-0039 |
Traditional Culture Experience
Ishigaki Yaima Village
Genre | History / Culture |
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Explanatory text | This theme park is a re-creation of old Yaeyama. In addition to having a chance to wear Ryukyu traditional outfit and painting shisa pottery, visitors can see more than 50 squirrel monkeys. |
Location |
Remote island 967-1 Nagura, Ishigaki City, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-980-82-8798 |
Experiencing Island Lifestyle
Kumejima Town Tourism Association
Genre | History / Culture |
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Explanatory text | The Association offers a variety of hands-on programs so that students can interact with Kume Islanders while walking through the Nibuchi forest, exploring the Yajiyaa caves, learning to play Sanshin, or even making snacks. |
Location |
Remote island Tourism Information Center “I-fu” 160-57 Higa, Kumejima Town, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-98-851-7973 |
Ryukyuan Dance
Uruma City Tourism Association
Genre | History / Culture |
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Explanatory text | Participants can experience traditional Ryukyu dances handed down since the days of the Ryukyu Kingdom. As an instructor teaches you the particular hand and finger movements,you can learn a dance called Chijuyaa. |
Location |
Remote island Tourism Information Center “I-fu” 160-57 Higa, Kumejima Town, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-98-978-0077 |
Mangrove Crab Fishing
Miyako Island Tourism Association
Genre | Nature |
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Explanatory text | Guided by crab fishermen who know all the inlets around Irabu Island, visitors can take a tour on which they bring up crab pots set along the tidal flats and mangrove forest. |
Location |
Remote island 2F, 187Nishizato, Hirara, Miyakojima City, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-980-73-1881 |
Nakama River Cruise, Others
Hirata Tourism
Genre | Nature |
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Explanatory text | A leisurely boat cruise takes visitors along the Nakama River on Iriomote Island where the largest mangrove forest in Japan can be found. Trekking and canoeing along the Urauchi River are also popular. |
Location |
Remote island Inside the Ishigaki Port Remote Island Terminal, 1 Misaki, Ishigaki City, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-980-82-6711 |
Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory
Genre | Nature |
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Explanatory text | At the Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory, visitors can enjoy 4D2U (four-dimensional digital universe), which makes use of the Murikabushi telescope, the largest in Kyushu and Okinawa, to view heavenly bodies and space in three dimensions. |
Location |
Remote island 1024-1 Arakawa, Ishigaki City, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-980-88-0013 |
Sea Turtle Museum of Kumejima
Genre | Nature |
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Explanatory text | While observing sea turtles as well as newly born baby turtles swimming around slowly and gracefully, visitors learn about the ecology and current state of sea turtles, which are in danger of extinction. |
Location |
Remote island 170 Ou, Kumejima Town, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-98-985-7513 |
Miyakojima Next Generation Energy Park
Genre | Industry |
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Explanatory text | While touring multiple facilities on the island constructed to protect the natural environment and locally produce and consume energy, visitors learn about the underground dam and the process of wind and solar power generation. |
Location |
Remote island Various areas on Miyako Island |
Phone number | +81-980-75-4380(Miyako Island Tourism Club) |
Okinawa Prefecture Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Demonstration Facility
Genre | Industry |
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Explanatory text | Visitors may tour the facility where testing is conducted to generate electricity using deep-sea water. They will also learn about the particular characteristics of deep-sea water as well as its uses and applications. |
Location |
Remote island 500-1 Maja, Kumejima Town, Okinawa |
Phone number | +81-98-896-8655 |