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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The facility uses video, exhibits and sound to show how traditional culture, performing arts and people’s lives developed within the bountiful nature of Taketomi Island and Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park.