Day Trip to Iriomote Island, Ishigaki Island Overview
Ninety percent jungle, UNESCO-listed since 2021, and completely unlike anywhere else in Japan: mangrove rivers you travel by boat, the Urauchi river walk to Pinaisara Falls, and the Iriomote cat that almost nobody sees. One change most guides have not absorbed: the high-pressure zones now sit inside a permit system, so the Urauchi upper reaches and Pinaisara need a registered guide and advance approval.
