Iriomote

Latest News for: iriomote

Edit

Iriomote Island’s land-based treasures include waterfalls, gardens and scrumptious snacks

Stars and Stripes 11 Oct 2019

If you are into trekking, kayaking and outdoor adventures, Iriomote is your paradise ... Iriomote is only 45 minutes by ferry from the neighboring island of Ishigaki and 50 minutes by air from Naha on Okinawa. In the first part of my travelogue on Iriomote, I talked about the things to see and do in the waters around the island.

Edit

Treasures on land, in sea make inhabited Okinawan island of Iriomote a rare jewel

Stars and Stripes 02 Oct 2019

Iriomote. Iriomote Island is a 45-minute ferry ride from Ishigaki Island, which is a 50-minute flight from Naha, on the main island of Okinawa. Ninety percent of Iriomote is covered with untamed evergreen and mangrove forests, mountains and rivers ... This article will focus on the sea side of Iriomote.

Edit

Exploring Iriomote’s vibrant subtropical jungle

The Japan News 20 Jul 2018

“All seven of the mangrove species that grow in Japan can be found on Iriomote ... “Iriomote’s nature has different faces depending on the season or weather ... Wanting to know more about the island’s nature, I visited the Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center.

Edit

5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Iriomote Island, no tsunami warning issued

China Daily 02 Mar 2018

TOKYO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck off Iriomote Island, southwestern Japan at 10.42 pm ...

Edit

5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Iriomote Island: JMA

Xinhua 01 Mar 2018

local time (1342 GMT), Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said Thursday. Editor. pengying. Related News. • ... • ... .

Edit

Dead Iriomote cat found on road on Iriomote

Japan Update 29 Jan 2018

Ministry of the Environment, Naha Office, announced that an Iriomote cat was found dead on the prefectural road 215 on Iriomote Island, Taketomi Town ... This is the first time this year that an Iriomote cat has been killed in a road accident. Iriomote National Park Ranger Office ...

photo: WN / RTayco

Edit

Over 70 Percent Of Japan's Largest Coral Reef Is Dead After Bleaching

IFL Science 16 Jan 2017

As the oceans continue to warm, corals around the world have been rapidly feeling the heat ... Right at the southern tip of Japan's archipelago, the reef is actually closer to Taiwan than it is to mainland Japan, nestled in between the islands of Ishigaki and Iriomote-jima ... Bleaching is occurring all around the planet, including here in New Caledonia ... .

Edit

Straw boats replicating hypothetical voyages made 30,000 years ago reach destination on Iriomote Island

Japan Times 18 Jul 2016

Two boats made from bulrush stems created to replicate part of a hypothetical human migration from Taiwan to Okinawa about 30,000 years ago arrived at their destination after a 28-hour journey, a research team from Tokyo said Monday ... > ... .

Edit

Straw boats set sail to test Taiwan-Japan settler theory

Japan Times 17 Jul 2016

Two primitive straw canoes departed from Yonaguni Island on Sunday morning to reproduce a 75-km ocean voyage thought to have brought the first settlers to the Japanese archipelago about 30,000 years ago ... > ... .

Edit

Room Report: Hoshino Resorts Nirakanai Hotel Iriomote, Japan

The Examiner 02 Jan 2013

Arrival Experience ... Through the floor-to-ceiling glass panels across the lobby lies a spacious swimming pool that gives way to the property's own beachfront. Dining ... Accommodations ... Americans are equally intrigued with the entire Okinawa prefecture, which includes this resort island of Iriomote and uncrowded beaches with amazingly crystal-clear water. .

Edit

Feline fine in Iriomote's unspoilt wilderness

Japan Times 30 Jun 2012

From Ishigaki's port, Iriomote is 40 minutes by ferry. Iriomote is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands, which are the least Japan-like places in the national territory ... At 20 km long and 15 km wide, the coral reef that extends from Iriomote to Ishigaki is the largest in the country ... Iriomote's best-known creature by far, though, is its cat.

photo: Public Domain

Edit

Here, kitty: Elusive wildcat is an island's icon

Star Tribune 10 Feb 2008

IRIOMOTE ISLAND, Japan The Iriomote wildcat is said to have roamed this small, subtropical island in the East China Sea for 200,000 years, but proved so elusive that it was not discovered until 1967 ... One of the world's rarest wildcats, it survives only here on Iriomote, one of Japan's most far-flung islands.

photo: Public Domain

Edit

Wildcat grows more endangered as Japanese island grows less remote

International Herald Tribune 05 Feb 2008

The Iriomote wildcat is said to have roamed this small, subtropical island in the East China Sea for 200,000 years, but proved so elusive that it was not discovered until 1967 ... One of the world's rarest wildcats, it survives only here on Iriomote, one of Japan's most far-flung islands.

Edit

Official swim season kicks off in Iriomote

Japan Update 07 Mar 2002

Hidachi Beach on Iriomote Island was officially opened to the public on March 3, the earliest opening this year in Okinawa. Despite cloudy weather children jumped into the water and enjoyed the first official day of swimming ... News. Foreign pair sought in ¥1.1 mln larceny ... Churasan actress wows Miyako crowd ... Official swim season kicks off in Iriomote.

Edit

Poisonous toads pose threat to Iriomote Wildcat

Japan Update 07 Jun 2001

Researchers at the Ministry of Environment announced Monday that poisonous marine toads pose an immediate threat to the rare Iriomote Wildcat. Iriomote Island is the only habitat for the rare cat and only about 100 is estimated to survive in the islands jungles ... Officials speculated the toads might have migrated to Iriomote from Ishigaki on a ship.