By plane
Ishigaki Airport (ISG) is the largest airport in the Yaeyama Islands. There are frequent connections to Naha and Miyako, some direct services to major Japanese cities like Tokyo, and daily flights to Yonaguni. There are buses to the port every 20 minutes. The fare is a flat �200 and the trip takes 15-20 minutes depending on the direction; there are both eastbound and westbound services, but both terminate at the port. You can also use the Free Passes for this (see Get around). A taxi to central Ishigaki will cost you around �800 but takes just 5 minutes or so.
By boat
Ishigaki Port is located at the center of the city near the bus terminal. There are two parts: the central Rit?-sanbashi), for services to nearby islands, and a second unnamed pier at the southeast corner of the port for long-distance services to Yonaguni and slow boats to Hateruma. The port information office is next to Rit?-sanbashi pier 1.
Since Ryukyu Kaiun took the last passenger ferry out of service in 2006 and Arimura Sangyo went out of business altogether in 2007, there are no scheduled services to Taiwan, mainland Japan or islands outside the Yaeyama group. (Star Cruises operates cruises from Keelung (near Taipei) between late April to the end of October, but this is not a ferry service.)
There are extensive services (daytime only) to the other islands in the Yaeyama group:
� Taketomi (�580, 15 min), departures every 30 minutes
� Iriomote ?hara Port (�1540, 35 min) and Uehara Port (�2000, 40 min; summer months only), departures roughly hourly
� Kohama (�1030, 25 min), departures roughly hourly
� Kuro (�1130, 25 min), 5 departures daily
� Hateruma (�3000, 70 min), 7 departures daily
Prices and times above are one-ways on fast ferries and may vary slightly from company to company. Return fares are usually
