Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park | Japan

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

Ishigaki island is still a hidden secret when it comes to foreigners. I love it being underdeveloped, pure, incredibly chilled out and uncrowded but simultaneously want to sing its praises from the rooftops as it's so glorious in every respect. As it's only a (cheap) 3 hour flight from Haneda, it's easy to tack a few days on Iriomote or Ishigaki onto a 'mainland' holiday itinerary. Hire cars are cheap (if you can find a company that is happy to rent to those with international drivers licenses) and so is fuel. Your vlog here was excellent. Thanks for bringing back so many happy memories. 🌴🏖🛶🍜🥰🥰

[@xSplatteredx]

We might be heading to Iriomote End of May so this was very helpful! Though seeing those big fish in the tiny sad tanks.. made me soooo sad ._.

[@RockTheParkOfficial]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

You're going to love it. I really hope you go. And please make sure you do exactly what the guys did and paddle away swiftly when you see a sea snake or anything that resembles a jellyfish; the islands DO have Man-o-wars and many beaches have no lifeguards and are sparsely populated by other swimmers/beach-goers so no help will be available. You'll likely die on the beach the day you get bitten by either if you haven't got a first aid responder and a quick driver at hand. My top tip is when snorkelling, stick to beaches with other people (if not lifeguards) and keep looking up from all the colourful fish towards the top of the water as that's where you're going to spot the jellyfish tentacles hovering ominously. Don't let this put you off: Yonehara Beach on Ishigaki Island is glorious, so many fish you'll lost count trying to catalogue the different types you see. 🤿🏖💓

[@allanpeterson3358]

Glad you guys are back!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@JUANORQUIO]

W❤️W! Awesome! Cheers for more incredible and exciting adventures! 🥂❤️✨

[@SamuelGarcia-rf4th]

Beautiful! Nice to know Japan is open again

[@paulinedivingdeepincincinn1962]

How come you guys don't have millions of subs the video's are awesome and beautiful tyfs.

[@marshagoldstein2434]

Beautiful...except for the SNAKES😝

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

And the trash; Ishigaki Island in particular has a serious 'ocean rubbish' problem as well as odd garbage all over beautiful places like Arakawa Falls. They need to regularly sweep the beaches clean of all the stuff that shamefully washes up on the shore from China etc and address the tourists and local kids hanging out in places like Arakawa and trashing the joint. I felt disgusted to see all the bottles and rubbish in a jungle area, gross.

[@jfifield20]

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