2020 Oct. Iriomote Island      

Summary I guessed next travel will be arounf December after comming back from the Kume Island in September.
I was able to use "Go to Campaing", though the hotel cost changed high.
Totaly cost was a little cheaper than the origine that I planed before.
I found a reasonable packaged tour with diving in this time by web.
In addition to that, I can use coupons efficiently for additional dives and fare to transfer.
Itinerary I didn't need to look up details, so I just chose ready-made tour.
The dive center and hotel were fixed already, only I needed was to choose a flight.
There were Peach and JTA, considering additional fee for baggage, Peach was cheaper than JTA.
Furthermore, JTA fligjt arrives at the midnigjt on the way back. So I selected Peach.
Iriomote
Island 
I left the Kansai Airport in the early morning, and arrived in the Ishigaki Airport on time.
Heading to the Ishigaki Ferry Tarminal by bus.
I arrived the Ilmare hotel at 1PM via the Uehara Port.
After checked in, I walked around there: Unarizaki Park, Tsuki-ga-hama Beach, Urauchi River, Hoshizuna Beach.
 

at the Ilmare

Unarizaki Park

Unarizaki Park

Unarizaki Park

Unarizaki Park

Tsuki-ga-hama Beach

Urauchi River

Hoshizuna Beach

Hoshizuna Beach
 
     
Diving   Unarizaki    1st day 1 Ganso-Sakiyama North Corner     
2nd day  Arisu-kita Tamamokurosu  Kanokawa Nakanose 
3rd day  Amitori Asaba Secret Garden  Hanagoi-no-Ne  
Outstanding visibility as a whole, Endemic blue sea water, Several color Anemone and many coral, Beautiful sunlinght.

     

Sunlight looks like shower    

Anemone bleaching

Purple anemone

         

        
 
 View of the Iriomote Island from a boat
 
 
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Whether the Uehara-route operates or not didn't turn out in the morning.
Then it was cancelled at 7:30 due to strong wind and wave,
so they offered compensation instead: the Ohara-route.
I was taken to the Uehara port at 8 by car. We got to the port at 10min. past 8.
The ferry didn't leave and stay the pier, so I could get the ferry: it might be delayed.
I took a bus bound for the airport at the ferry terminal. Though I had enough time in the airport.
I came back to the Kansai Airport in the afternoo.
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