Hateruma Port

Free wifi and the restaurant is excellent!

I came to Hateruma to bicycle, to camp, and to see Japan’s southernmost point. However, almost continuous rain forced me to hang out at the ferry station several hours. The free wifi is great. The caf...

Good port

Does what it is meant to do. Clean toilets, vending machines, a patio to wait for the ferries shielded by the sun... only negative side: the absolute lack of trash cans, which can be kinda frustratin...

Welcome slogan on the quay

Original Text

When I arrived by regular ship from Ishigaki Port, a welcome slogan was written on the revetment of the quay, and I felt refreshed when I arrived at the island of "the southernmost". The harbor itself seems to double as a fishing port, and it had a quiet atmosphere except when the regular high-speed ships departed and arrived three round trips a day. I saw people fishing on the revetment, and I waved at the time of departure.

I thought it was a little smaller port, but it is a magnificent port where large ships also enter.

Original Text

There is an airport on the island, but there are no regular flights now, and ships are the only means of transportation outside the island. Since the island is in the open sea, there is a high probability that it will be canceled due to stormy weather. Considering the size of the island, I thought it was a little smaller port, but it is a magnificent port where large ships also enter. When the ship enters the port, there is a temporary bustle with people 々 welcoming tourists. But it seems to be a short time. There are souvenir shops in the building in the port, but there is nothing to see near the port, so on the way back ...

"Pozhaojian Fishing Port"

Original Text

When I saw the breakwater saying "Welcome to Hateruma Island, the southernmost tip," I felt like I was on Hateruma Island. It was a port where high-speed ships and passenger ships depart and arrive from Ishigaki Island, but there was also a stone monument of "Hateruma Fishing Port" in the square near the passenger terminal, and it seemed to function as a port that doubled both.