Ishigaki, Okinawa
Encyclopedia
Ishigaki is an island west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group
. It is within the City of Ishigaki
in Okinawa Prefecture
. The city functions as the business and transport center of the archipelago. Ishigaki Airport
is the largest airport in the Yaeyamas and Japan's largest third-class airport.
Ishigaki Island, like the rest of Okinawa, takes cultural influences from both Japan and China due to its location between China and mainland Japan.
A tsunami
of record height hit Ishigaki Island in 1771.
maintains a ticketing office on Ishigaki island. It is only for domestic flights.
Yaeyama Islands
The Yaeyama Islands are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.The isles are the remotest part of Japan from the main islands and contains Japan's most southern and most western inhabited islands.The islands form the southern part of the volcanic Nansei Islands...
. It is within the City of Ishigaki
Ishigaki, Okinawa
Ishigaki is an island west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group. It is within the City of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture. The city functions as the business and transport center of the archipelago...
in Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
. The city functions as the business and transport center of the archipelago. Ishigaki Airport
Ishigaki Airport
, is a third-class airport located from Ishigaki city centre in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The airport fields flights to major cities on the Japanese mainland as well as destinations throughout Okinawa Prefecture and the Yaeyama Islands.-History:...
is the largest airport in the Yaeyamas and Japan's largest third-class airport.
Ishigaki Island, like the rest of Okinawa, takes cultural influences from both Japan and China due to its location between China and mainland Japan.
A tsunami
Tsunami
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
of record height hit Ishigaki Island in 1771.
Economy
Japan AirlinesJapan Airlines
is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport , as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport...
maintains a ticketing office on Ishigaki island. It is only for domestic flights.
External links
- English language guide to Ishigaki island
- Ishigaki City official website
- Wikitravel: Ishigaki
- A Boy and Ishigakijima Special Attack Base—review of book by Minoru Kuniyoshi about his wartime experiences on Ishigaki