Iriomote Island

How to book ferries from Iriomote Island to Okinawa

There are numerous ferry crossings operating from Iriomote Island to Okinawa. Ferries currently connect 2 ports in Iriomote Island with 4 ports in Okinawa.

There are a combined number of 33 ferry crossings each day across a selection of 5 Ferry Routes which are operated by 2 ferry companies including Yaeyama Kanko Ferry & Ishigaki Dream Tours with the shortest crossing taking around 15 minutes (Iriomote Uehara to Hatoma).

This is a general summary of the services on offer between Iriomote Island and Okinawa, for live information select from our Fare Search.

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Ferries from Iriomote Island to Okinawa

About Iriomote Island:

Iriomote is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, located in the southern East China Sea.

It is considered to be one of Japan’s last great wildernesses thanks to the high density of jungle, swampy mangroves and meandering rivers, which are either part of the Iriomote National Park or protected state land, and the relatively small number of inhabitants.

Some of the country’s most impressive coral reef fringes the coastline, too, and the forested inland is home to the critically endangered namesake wildcat, making Iriomote one of the most biodiverse places in Japan.

As a remote island with no airstrip, all visitors must come and go by ferry. Iriomote has ferry terminals on the north and south coasts, offering a great number of quick sailings to the majority of the surrounding Yaeyama Islands.