Last additions
no510-20201101_0745.jpg
View from Nosokodake Lookout Point in northern Ishigaki. Jan 10, 2021
no509-20201101_0736p2.jpg
View from Nosokodake Lookout Point in northern Ishigaki. Jan 10, 2021
no508-20201101_0742a.jpg
Even today, people who climb the mountain look for the Maape rock and assume this or that rock is her.This story is based on historical fact. The Ryukyu government sometimes forced people to migrate to undeveloped lands to start farming to increase agricultural production so they could pay more taxes. The kingdom was being heavily taxed by the Satsuma Domain in Kagoshima, and taxes had to paid in rice per head.

Read more about the folk tale here: https://photoguide.jp/log/2020/12/yaeyama-folk-songs-nosokodake-maape/
Jan 10, 2021
no507-20201101_0747.jpg
So she and her family were forced to move here to Nosokodake to start a new farming village and clear the thick jungle for farming. It was a hard life. Maape desperately missed her beloved Kanimui and couldn't forget him.
One day, she wanted to at least see Kuroshima where he lived, so she climbed up Mt. Nosokodake. At the top, she looked for Kuroshima, but her view of the island was blocked by Mt. Omotodake, Ishigaki's highest mountain. She collapsed on her knees and wailed in sorrow. Later, a worried villager looked for Maape who never returned home. On the top of the mountain, he found a crying rock gazing in the direction of Kuroshima. Maape had turned into stone.
Jan 10, 2021
no506-20201101_0742.jpg
Side view of Mt. Nosokodake. This mountain is associated with a famous local folk tale about a girl named Maape. The mountain is nicknamed after her, "Nosoko Maape" (野底マーペー).On the nearby island of Kuroshima (黒島) in the 18th century, Maape and her childhood sweetheart, Kanimui, were happily living as farmers. They were to be married someday.

However, one day, a Ryukyu government decree ordered half the island's residents to move here near Nosokodake on Ishigaki while the other half could remain on Kuroshima. The island's population was split along the island's main road. Maape and Kanimui lived on the opposite sides of the road, and Maape was on the side where people had to move to Ishigaki.
Jan 10, 2021
no505-20201101_0734a.jpg
Nosokodake Lookout Point in northern Ishigaki. Under the roof is a side view of Mt. Nosokodake. 野底岳展望台Jan 10, 2021
no504-20201101_0726.jpg
Entering Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park. Nosokodake is part of the national park.Jan 10, 2021
no503-20201101_0724.jpg
Some pineapple on Ishigaki.Jan 10, 2021
no502-20201101_0721.jpg
Some pineapple on Ishigaki. No fruit in autumn though.Jan 10, 2021
no501-20201101_0713.jpg
On the way to Mt. Nosoko, spotted a nice beach.Jan 10, 2021
no500-20201101_0716a.jpg
Mt. Nosokodake (野底岳), Ishigaki’s second highest mountain at 282 m. Can be climbed up a steep, narrow trail in about 15 min. We didn't climb it though.Jan 10, 2021
ma320-20201031_0185.jpg
Maira River, Iriomote. There's a waterfall upstream, but we didn't have time.Jan 09, 2021
ma319-20201031_0184.jpg
Maira River, Iriomote.Jan 09, 2021
ma318-20201031_0183.jpg
Mouth of Maira River at low tide when we passed by the day before.Jan 09, 2021
ma317-20201031_0179.jpg
Mouth of Maira River at low tide when we passed by the day before.Jan 09, 2021
ma316-20201101_0360.jpg
Mouth of Maira River at high tide. The brackish water is quite shallow, no more than 1 or 2 feet deep.Jan 09, 2021
ma315-20201101_0349a.jpg
Lovely morning, too bad we didn't have time to kayak more upstream on Maira River, Iriomote.Jan 09, 2021
ma314-20201101_0345.jpg
Maira River lined with mangroves.Jan 09, 2021
ma313-20201101_0335.jpg
After the sunrise, we paddled along the mangroves on the river's edge.Jan 09, 2021
ma312-20201101_0331a.jpg
After the sunrise, we paddled along the mangroves on the river's edge.Jan 09, 2021
ma311-20201101_0192a.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ma310-20201101_0330a.jpg
Our guide was Harubaru, but he doesn't normally do sunrise kayaking unless you ask him to: http://harubaru-iriomote.okinawa/course/Jan 09, 2021
ma308-20201101_0297a.jpg
Sunrise kayaking on Iriomote, Yaeyama, Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
ma309-20201101_0279a.jpg
Iriomote sunrise at Maira River.Jan 09, 2021
ma307-20201101_0320b.jpg
Sunrise kayaking on Iriomote, Yaeyama, Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
ma306-20201101_0252a.jpg
Sunrise kayaking on Iriomote, Yaeyama, Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
ma304-20201101_0214a.jpg
A few clouds, but the sunrise was getting to be nice.Jan 09, 2021
ma305-20201101_0238a.jpg
We anchored to watch the sunrise.Jan 09, 2021
ma303-20201101_0204a.jpg
We were on time for the sunrise.Jan 09, 2021
ma302-20201101_0175a.jpg
Off we go. The water was shallow, but we still wore lifejackets.Jan 09, 2021
ma300-20201101_0149.jpg
Mouth of Maira River (マイラ川) before sunrise, short drive from the main town of Ohara. Sunrise was about 6:50 am. Jan 09, 2021
ma301-20201101_0161.jpg
There was this dock where we could get on our kayaks. Maira River, Iriomote.Jan 09, 2021
hm434-20201028-0065.jpg
Near the Himeyuri site, Seesa lions with masks.Jan 09, 2021
hm433-20201028-0112.jpg
Poetry by Ii Fumiko (1917–2004 井伊文子) who was a great granddaughter of the last Ryukyu King, Sho Tai. She was married to the mayor of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture who was a descendant of the Ii Clan.井伊文子の歌碑Jan 09, 2021
hm432-20201028-0111.jpg
Statue of a Himeyuri high school student nurse.Jan 09, 2021
hm431-20201028-0109.jpg
Himeyuri Cenotaph site is very rocky.Jan 09, 2021
hm430-20201028-0099.jpg
Origami at Himeyuri Cenotaph site.Jan 09, 2021
hm429-20201028-0103.jpg
Himeyuri Peace Museum courtyard.Jan 09, 2021
hm428-20201028-0102.jpg
Himeyuri Peace Museum courtyard.Jan 09, 2021
hm427-20201028-0101.jpg
Himeyuri Peace Museum courtyard.Jan 09, 2021
hm426-20201028-0105.jpg
Himeyuri Peace Museum layout. Photography not allowed inside the museum.Jan 09, 2021
hm425-20201028-0106.jpg
About the Himeyuri Peace Museum. It opened in June 1989.Jan 09, 2021
hm424-20201028-0097.jpg
Near the Himeyuri Cenotaph is the Himeyuri Peace Museum. The building was modeled after one of the Himeyuri schools. ひめゆり平和祈念資料館http://www.himeyuri.or.jp/EN/info.htmlJan 09, 2021
hm423-20201028-0096.jpg
Sekishin Cenotaph 赤心之塔Jan 09, 2021
hm422-20201028-0093.jpg
Iwa-makura Monument has a tanka poem by Nakasone Seizen who was one of the teachers of the Himeyuri students. いわまくら碑Jan 09, 2021
hm421-20201028-0088.jpg
About the Himeyuri Cenotaph in English.Jan 09, 2021
hm420-20201028-0089.jpg
The cave goes down deep by 14 meters. They used a ladder for access.Jan 09, 2021
hm419-20201028-0085.jpg
Below the Himeyuri monument, this cave is one of numerous natural caves in this area where the student nurses and local people took shelter. Jan 09, 2021
hm418-20201028-0087.jpg
The white Himeyuri Cenotaph was renovated in 2009.Jan 09, 2021
hm417-20201028-0081.jpg
Himeyuri Cenotaph (white). The white monument is more recent, also inscribed with an updated list of names of the deceased student nurses and stores their remains in the back.Jan 09, 2021
hm416-20201028-0084.jpg
Himeyuri Cenotaph (white) and older monuments. Seen on the left is the Himeyuri Peace Museum. 第三外科壕Jan 09, 2021
hm415-20201028-0083.jpg
Original Himeyuri Cenotaph monument built here in 1946.Jan 09, 2021
hm414-20201028-0082.jpg
The two monuments were also placed here in 1946 inscribed with the names of the deceased student nurses.Himeyuri student nurses were Okinawan high school conscripts trained by the Japanese Army to serve at the Army Field Hospital which was a muddy and filthy underground bunker in a place called Haebaru from late March 1945. The hospital was slightly north of this area. As US forces advanced south, the hospital and nurses evacuated south to this area. Patients who couldn't walk overnight to evacuate were left behind.Jan 09, 2021
hm413-20201028-0080.jpg
Himeyuri Cenotaph (white) built in 1957 and older monuments. The small stone monument on the right is the original Himeyuri Monument that was placed here in 1946. ひめゆりの塔This monument stands over the entrance of the cave where 80 people died on June 19, 1945 when US troops searching for Japanese soldiers threw in white phosphorus grenades. It's like a smoke bomb that suffocates people. Those who died included 38 Himeyuri high school student nurses and four of their teachers. US troops didn't know who were in the caves.Jan 09, 2021
hm412-20201028-0079.jpg
Origami displayJan 09, 2021
hm410-20201028-0077.jpg
Monument for medical staff who died in the Battle of Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
hm411-20201028-0078.jpg
Monument for the Army Field Hospital's Third Surgical Staff. Jan 09, 2021
hm409-20201028-0075.jpg
Monument for the medical staff who died in the Battle of Okinawa. Jan 09, 2021
hm408-20201028-0119.jpg
Monument for the land donation.Jan 09, 2021
hm407-20201028-0069.jpg
Harry Shinichi Gima worked as an engineer on a US military base in Okinawa and visited Himeyuri Monument in 1951. He wanted the story and place to be presented more properly, so he quietly donated the money to the Himeyuri Alumini Association to buy the land.

This area was originally just a grassy area. None of the asphalt or cement we see here today. The land was privately owned.
Jan 09, 2021
hm406-20201028-0068.jpg
Monument for Harry Shinichi Gima (儀間真一), an Okinawan-American nisei from Hawaii who donated money to buy the land here to build the Himeyuri memorials and museum. His parents immigrated to Hawaii from Yomitan.Jan 09, 2021
hm405-20201028-0113b.jpg
The war's progression.Jan 09, 2021
hm404-20201028-0113.jpg
About the Himeyuri-no-Tou monuments.Jan 09, 2021
hm402-20201028-0071.jpg
Map of Himeyuri Monument site.Jan 09, 2021
hm403-20201028-0072.jpg
Himeyuri Chronology, inscribed with what happened here.Jan 09, 2021
hm401-20201028-0074.jpg
Himeyuri Monument and Cenotaph is one of Okinawa's most famous war sites and memorials.Jan 09, 2021
hm400-20201028-0073.jpg
Entrance to Himeyuri Monument and Cenotaph (ひめゆり慰霊碑) in southern Okinawa in the city of Itoman. Building on the left is a flower vendor (closed).Jan 09, 2021
he429-20201028-0189.jpg
"Life is a Treasure..."Jan 09, 2021
he428-20201028-0182.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he427-20201028-0179.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he426-20201028-0177.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he425-20201028-0176.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he424-20201028-0175.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he423-20201028-0172.jpg
Slabs for 14,000+ Americans who died in Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
he422-20201028-0166.jpg
Names of 14,000+ Americans who died in Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
he421-20201028-0165.jpg
Names of 14,000+ Americans who died in Okinawa.Jan 09, 2021
he420-20201028-0149.jpg
About the Cornerstone of Peace.Jan 09, 2021
he419-20201028-0158.jpg
Mabuni CliffJan 09, 2021
he418-20201028-0164.jpg
Flame of Peace in the world map. Japan can be seen in the map. 平和の火 Jan 09, 2021
he417-20201028-0155.jpg
Flame of Peace in the world map. 平和の火Jan 09, 2021
he416-20201028-0146.jpg
Flame of Peace at the center of the Peace Plaza on the oceanfront. 平和の火Jan 09, 2021
he415-20201028-0145.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he414-20201028-0144.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he413-20201028-0143.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he412-20201028-0139.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he411-20201028-0138.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
he410-20201028-0134.jpg
Map of where people's names are inscribed. Okinawans are inscribed according to their hometowns. Nearby are also war memorials for each prefecture.Jan 09, 2021
he409-20201028-0136.jpg
Stone slabs are like folding screens in a slight zig-zag pattern.Jan 09, 2021
he407-20201028-0132.jpg
Japanese victims are inscribed by prefecture. Foreign nationals are inscribed by country.Jan 09, 2021
he406-20201028-0131.jpg
Stone slabs inscribed with over 240,000 names of people who died in the battle. Civilians and military, Japanese and foreign.Jan 09, 2021
he405-20201028-0153.jpg
Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum (沖縄県平和祈念資料館)Jan 09, 2021
he404-20201028-0126.jpg
Peace Prayer Memorial Hall in the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Park.Jan 09, 2021
he402-20201028-0186.jpg
About the Cornerstone of Peace. http://www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp/Jan 09, 2021
he403-20201028-0125.jpg
Walking to the Cornerstone of Peace.Jan 09, 2021
he401-20201028-0124.jpg
Map of Cornerstone of Peace witin the Okinawa Peace Prayer Park.Jan 09, 2021
he400-20201028-0152.jpg
Cornerstone of Peace (平和の礎) in Mabuni, a large oceanfront memorial park full of these stone slabs inscribed with over 240,000 names of people who died in the battle. Jan 09, 2021
mz102-20000703b-009a.jpg
ANA InterContinental Manza Beach Resort as seen from Manzamo. Jan 09, 2021
mz100-20000703b-006.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
mz101-20000703b-008.jpg
View from Manzamo.Jan 09, 2021
yu451-20201031_0400.jpg
Iriomote mangroves.Jan 09, 2021
yu449-20201031_0367.jpg
Iriomote across the shallow water.Jan 09, 2021
yu450-20201031_0401.jpg
Iriomote mangroves.Jan 09, 2021
yu448-20201031_0355.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
yu447-20201031_0346.jpg
HibiscusJan 09, 2021
yu446-20201031_0345.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
yu445-20201031_0352.jpg
Water Buffalo MonumentJan 09, 2021
yu444-20201031_0351.jpg
Lots of water buffalo sculptures on Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu443-20201031_0350.jpg
Lots of water buffalo monuments and sculptures on Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu442-20201031_0349.jpg
Lots of water buffalo monuments and sculptures on Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu441-20201031_0343.jpg
Old elementary and jr. high school on Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu440-20201031_0334.jpg
A nice cafe at Manta Beach on Yubu. Sit on old water buffalo carts.Jan 09, 2021
yu439-20201031_0335.jpg
A nice cafe at Manta Beach on Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu438-20201031_0333a.jpg
A nice cafe at Manta Beach on Yubu. マンタの浜Jan 09, 2021
yu437-20201031_0329a.jpg
Manta Beach on Yubu. マンタの浜Jan 09, 2021
yu436-20201031_0326.jpg
Manta Beach on Yubu. マンタの浜Jan 09, 2021
yu435-20201031_0339.jpg
Manta Beach on Yubu. マンタの浜Jan 09, 2021
yu434-20201031_0359.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
yu433-20201031_0296.jpg
Gift shop inside the restaurant. The Iriomote Wildcat is used as a tourist smbol everywhere, but we can never see the real cat.Jan 09, 2021
yu432-20201031_0293.jpg
Our Okinawan lunch (Makunouchi Bento Akabana). Very good.Jan 09, 2021
yu431-20201031_0294.jpg
Lunch was named, "Okinawa Makunouchi Bento Akabana" (沖縄幕の内弁当「アカバナ」. ("Akabana" means "hibiscus" in Okinawan.) Price was ¥1,320.Iriomote black rice, champuru, brown sugar yokan: 西表産黒紫米入りごはん、アーサのお吸い物、うみぶどう、ミミガー、漬物、沖縄黒糖煮、 アンダー味噌、野菜天ぷら、ウムクジ(紅イモを米粉であえて揚げたもの)、かまぼこ、チャンプ ルー、黒糖羊羹Jan 09, 2021
yu430-20201031_0290.jpg
Inside the restaurant on YubuJan 09, 2021
yu429-20201031_0286.jpg
There's a restaurant on Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu428-20201031_0317.jpg
Large tree nymph (Ogomadara), Japan's largest butterfly. Wingspan 95mm or more. Very eye-catching and elegant glider. オオゴマダラ(大胡麻斑) Butterfly hothouse in Yubu (蝶々園).Jan 09, 2021
yu427-20201031_0321.jpg
About the common tiger butterfly or Danaus genutia. スジグロカバマダラ Butterfly hothouse in Yubu (蝶々園).Jan 09, 2021
yu426-20201031_0320.jpg
Common tiger butterfly (from India) or Danaus genutia. Looks like the monarch butterfly common in Hawaii. スジグロカバマダラ Butterfly hothouse in Yubu (蝶々園).Jan 09, 2021
yu425-20201031_0299.jpg
Kinds of butterflies in the butterfly garden (蝶々園). It's a greehouse full of flowers and plants, so it's quite warm.Jan 09, 2021
yu424-20201031_0297a.jpg
Way to butterfly hothouse (蝶々園).Jan 09, 2021
yu423-20201031_0287.jpg
Bougainvillea on Yubu, in bloom year round.Jan 09, 2021
yu422-20201031_0280.jpg
Red hibiscusJan 09, 2021
yu421-20201031_0279.jpg
Red hibiscusJan 09, 2021
yu420-20201031_0278.jpg
Red hibiscusJan 09, 2021
yu419-20201031_0284.jpg
Lots of tropical flowers on Yubu Island, especially hibiscus.Jan 09, 2021
yu418-20201031_0283.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
yu417-20201031_0282.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
yu416-20201031_0322.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
yu415-20201031_0358.jpg
Yubu is a very lush, green island.Jan 09, 2021
yu414-20201031_0274.jpg
Water buffalo pond on Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu412-20201031_0273.jpg
Map of Yubu sights and attractions.Jan 09, 2021
yu413-20201031_0276.jpg
Water Buffalo Pond (水牛の池) on Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu411-20201031_0362.jpg
Yubu arrival station. (Admission charged, included in the water buffalo cart ride.) https://yubujima.com/Jan 09, 2021
yu410-20201031_0364.jpg
Water buffalo hoof prints.Jan 09, 2021
yu409-20201031_0363.jpg
Water buffalo footprints.Jan 09, 2021
yu408-20201031_0365.jpg
Also possible to walk over to Yubu and not pay for the water buffalo ride, but no one does this.Jan 09, 2021
yu407-20201031_0372.jpg
Water buffalo taking toursts to Yubu Island from Iriomote.Jan 09, 2021
yu406-20201031_0377.jpg
Water buffalo cart ride (水牛車 suigyusha) from Mihara (美原) to Yubu island (Yubu-jima 由 布島) takes 15 min.*Water buffalo cart roundtrip and Yubu island admission for adults: ¥1,760, Children (elementary school and below): ¥880 https://yubujima.com/Jan 09, 2021
yu405-20201031_0375.jpg
Water buffalo taking tourists to Yubu Island from Iriomote.Jan 09, 2021
yu404-20201031_0392.jpg
The water buffalo all have names and are highly trained to put on the harness by itself. They originally came from Taiwan.Jan 09, 2021
yu402-20201031_0249.jpg
Water buffalo carts coming back from Yubu.Jan 09, 2021
yu403-20201031_0251.jpg
The cart is driven by a guide who usually plays the sanshin for passengers as the water buffalo sloshes to the island.Jan 09, 2021
yu401-20201031_0245.jpg
We ride these water buffalo carts to the island across shallow water. Jan 09, 2021
yu400-20201031_0403.jpg
Yubu is a small, sandbar island near Mihara, Iriomote. They converted the island into a lush botanical garden. Jan 09, 2021
ka436-20201101_0686a.jpg
Sure enough, a well-disguised starfish moving in slow motion. Hope it's not the kind that eats coral or other native species. Kabira Bay, Ishigaki.Jan 09, 2021
ka435-20201101_0685.jpg
While walking here, I looked down since my intuition told me I might find something...Jan 09, 2021
ka434-20201101_0682.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka433-20201101_0684a.jpg
On another part of Kabira Bay, typical low-tide beach in Yaeyama. Ahead is the main part of Kabira Bay with the glass bottom boats and former Kabira Village.Jan 09, 2021
ka432-20201101_0672.jpg
Souvenir shopsJan 09, 2021
ka431-20201101_0673.jpg
Photo cutoutsJan 09, 2021
ka430-20201101_0674.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka429-20201101_0671.jpg
Seesa lion dog with mask, Ishigaki.Jan 09, 2021
ka428-20201101_0514KabiraBay.jpg
Glass bottom boat tour vendor.Jan 09, 2021
ka427-20201101_0655.jpg
Back to the beach.Jan 09, 2021
ka426-20201101_0653.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka425-20201101_0650.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka424-20201101_0643.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka423-20201101_0638.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka422-20201101_0636.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka421-20201101_0627.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka420-20201101_0625.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka419-20201101_0608.jpg
Parrot fish in Kabira Bay.Jan 09, 2021
ka418-20201101_0601.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka417-20201101_0590.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka416-20201101_0584.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka415-20201101_0567.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka414-20201101_0564.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka412-20201101_0538.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka413-20201101_0543.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka411-20201101_0553.jpg
The cruise is scenic with tropical ocean and small islands.Jan 09, 2021
ka410-20201101_0581.jpg
Glass bottom boat in Kabira Bay, Ishigaki.Jan 09, 2021
ka408-20201101_0578.jpg
Glass bottom boat in Kabira Bay, Ishigaki.Jan 09, 2021
ka409-20201101_0582.jpg
Glass bottom boat in Kabira Bay, Ishigaki.Jan 09, 2021
ka407-20201101_0562.jpg
Glass bottom boat in Kabira Bay, Ishigaki.Jan 09, 2021
ka406-20201101_0535.jpg
Typical glass bottom boat in Kabira Bay, Ishigaki.Jan 09, 2021
ka405-20201101_0526.jpg
Boarding a glass bottom boat. Your feet don't get wet.Jan 09, 2021
ka404-20201101_0533.jpg
Jan 09, 2021
ka403-20201101_0520.jpg
Kabira Bay beach.Jan 09, 2021
ka402-20201101_0659.jpg
There are many glass bottom boats that operate here.Jan 09, 2021
ka400-20201101_0666.jpg
Kabira Bay on Ishigaki, perhaps the island's most famous tourist spot. Glass bottom boats to see coral and tropical fish in shallow water.Jan 09, 2021
ka401-20201101_0658.jpg
Kabira Bay, Ishigaki. It's actually a large bay and this is only a small part of it. Scenic with white beach, blue ocean, small islands and coral on the bottom.Jan 09, 2021
ri606k-019810926-032RishiriKutsugataPort.jpg
Ika cuttlefish boat in Kutsugata Port in Rishiri, Hokkaido. Bright lights at night attract the cuttlefish to the surface. 沓形港Sep 03, 2020
ri606j-019810926-033RishiriKutsugataPort.jpg
We stopped in Kutsugata Port in Rishiri briefly on our way to Rebun. 沓形港Sep 03, 2020
ri606i-019810926-034RishiriKutsugataPort.jpg
Kutsugata Port in Rishiri. 沓形港Sep 03, 2020
ri606h-019810926-031OtaruMaru.jpg
Otaru Maru at Kutsugata Port in Rishiri. 沓形港 おたる丸Sep 03, 2020
ri606g-019810926-035.jpg
Kutsugata Port Ferry Terminal in Rishiri when we visited. This building is now a restaurant after a new ferry terminal building was built nearby.沓形港フェリーターミナルSep 03, 2020
ri606f-019810926-029.jpg
Kutsugata Port in Rishiri.Sep 03, 2020
ri606d-019810926-027Rishiri.jpg
Rishiri at dawn.Sep 03, 2020
ri606e-019810926-030Rishiri.jpg
Approaching Kutsugata Port in Rishiri. 沓形港Sep 03, 2020
ri629-019810927-031a.jpg
Wakkanai ahead.Aug 31, 2020
ri628-019810926a-019a.jpg
Bye-bye Rishiri.Aug 31, 2020
ri627-019810927-028.jpg
Ferry to Wakkanai. Souya Maru No. 5 第五宗谷丸Aug 31, 2020
ri626-019810927-026.jpg
Ferry from Rishiri to Wakkanai. Souya Maru No. 5 第五宗谷丸Aug 31, 2020
ri625-019810927-019a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
ri624-019810927-021a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
ri623-019810927-023a.jpg
View from Cape Peshi.Aug 31, 2020
ri622-019810927-024a.jpg
View from Cape Peshi.Aug 31, 2020
ri621-019810927-020a.jpg
Rishiri's Oshidomari Port or ferry terminal. 鴛泊港Aug 31, 2020
ri620-019810927-022a.jpg
Rishiri's Oshidomari Port. 鴛泊港Aug 31, 2020
ri619-019810927-025a.jpg
Oshidomari Lighthouse on Rishiri, Hokkaido. 鴛泊灯台 Aug 31, 2020
ri618-019810927-027a.jpg
On Cape Peshi, Oshidomari Lighthouse overlooking Oshidomari Port. 鴛泊灯台 ペシ岬Aug 31, 2020
ri617-019810927-018a.jpg
We did some hiking on Rishiri in early autumn, nothing strenuous.Aug 31, 2020
ri616-019810927-017a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
ri615-019810927-015a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
ri614-019810927-014a.jpg
We did some easy hiking on Rishiri in early autumn.Aug 31, 2020
ri613-019810927-013a.jpg
Rishiri forestAug 31, 2020
ri612-019810927-012a.jpg
Rishiri's Oshidomari Port. 鴛泊港Aug 31, 2020
ri611-019810927-010a.jpg
These photos were taken quite some years ago, so some things may look different now.Aug 31, 2020
ri610-019810927-007a.jpg
Rishiri's Oshidomari Port. 鴛泊港Aug 31, 2020
ri609-019810926a-015a.jpg
Approaching Rishiri's Oshidomari Port in northern Rishiri, closest to Wakkanai. 鴛泊港Aug 31, 2020
ri608-019810926a-014a.jpg
Approaching Rishiri by ferry.Aug 31, 2020
ri607-019810926a-012a.jpg
From Rebun, took the ferry to Rishiri, approaching Oshidomari Port.Aug 31, 2020
ri606-019810927-004a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
ri605-019810927-005a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
ri604-019810927-002a.jpg
Mt. Rishiri is nicknamed "Rishiri-Fuji" since it's conical like Mt. Fuji.Aug 31, 2020
ri603-019810927-008a.jpg
Map of Rishiri-Rebun: https://goo.gl/maps/kUETt7fbN5mWzeD97Aug 31, 2020
ri602-019810927-009a.jpg
Rishiri is about 63 km in circumference and has a population of about 5,000. Like Rebun, best to rent a car on Rishiri and drive around. Aug 31, 2020
ri601-019810927-006.jpg
Approaching Rishiri by ferry. There are ferries from Wakkanai and Rebun going to Rishiri. Lighthouse near the port. Mt. Rishiri is 1,721 meters high.Aug 31, 2020
ri600-019810927-003.jpg
Rishiri is one of Japan's northernmost islands off Wakkanai, Hokkaido. Round island with a distinctive cone-shaped mountain Mt. Rishiri (photo) in the middle. Part of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park.Aug 31, 2020
rn676-019810927b-037a.jpg
Leaving Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn675-019810927b-036.jpg
Leaving Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn674-019810927b-035a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
rn673-019810927b-034a.jpg
Rebun's east coast.Aug 31, 2020
rn672-019810926c-032a.jpg
Rebun sunset in Hokkaido.Aug 31, 2020
rn670-019810926c-030.jpg
Rebun sunset in Hokkaido.Aug 31, 2020
rn671-019810926c-033a.jpg
Rebun sunset in Hokkaido.Aug 31, 2020
rn669-019810926c-029.jpg
Watching the sunset on Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn668-019810926d-014.jpg
Konbu kelp seaweed dried on Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn666-019810926b-024.jpg
Cuttlefish (ika) on Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn667-019810926a-027a.jpg
Cuttlefish (ika) on Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn665-019810926c-027a.jpg
So many cuttlefish (ika).Aug 31, 2020
rn664-019810926d-013.jpg
Needless to say, fishing is one of the major industries on Rebun. This was a meeting by pure chance, and they were smiling and giggling at us foreigners. So friendly.Aug 31, 2020
rn663-019810926c-026a.jpg
One of the most charming moments of our trip. Meeting friendly local women hanging cuttlefish to dry in the sun.Aug 31, 2020
rn662-019810926c-024.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
rn661-019810926c-025.jpg
Rishiri as seen from Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn660-019810926c-023.jpg
Rishiri as seen from Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn659-019810926c-022.jpg
Rishiri as seen from Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn658-019810926c-021a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
rn657-019810926c-020a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
rn656-019810926d-009a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
rn655-019810926c-018a.jpg
Aug 31, 2020
rn654-019810926c-017a.jpg
Rishiri as seen from Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn652-019810926c-016a.jpg
Rebun is part of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park.Aug 31, 2020
rn653-019810926d-006a.jpg
Rishiri as seen from Rebun.Aug 31, 2020
rn651-019810926c-014a.jpg
Amazing how this little island of Rebun can pack so many sights. Must be wondrous when the flowers are in bloom.Aug 31, 2020
71466 files on 284 page(s) 28