The island wherea song was born.

This page is an independent, self-produced work. The island outline (the town's northern end; about 3.9 km around; about 50 residents; the smallest inhabited island of the Yaeyama Islands; on-foot movement) rests on Taketomi Town's island introduction and the Taketomi Town Tourism Association; the area of 0.96 km² on an Okinawa Prefecture remote-islands document. That the island is the birthplace of “Hatoma-bushi”, that the harvest festival falls in the sixth lunar month, that the regular ferry began in April 2006, and the word “setting” for the drama “Ruri no Shima” rest on Taketomi Town; Kamurama, Hatoma-Nakamori (33.8 m; a grove of kuba palms), the lookout platform, Yarahama, Mae-no-hama, the blue-coral community and the “no shops” guidance on the tourism association. Hatoma-Nakamori is a town-designated natural monument (designated in 1972) and a component of the national historic site “Sakishima Islands Hibanmuri” (designated 2007-03-23) (Taketomi Town; Agency for Cultural Affairs). The lighthouse dates from 1948 (tourism association). The national-park incorporation (announced 2012-03-27) and the “Hatoma Island Barasu / Unarizaki” marine park zone rest on the Ministry of the Environment. For the music festival the page relies on the record of the 28th edition (2025-05-04; organized by the festival committee) in Taketomi Town's event calendar, and does not treat the next edition or its date. Crossing times (direct about 45–55 min; via Uehara about 70–80 min; Uehara–Hatoma 10–15 min), the via-stop linkage by which the Hatoma route is cancelled together with the Uehara route, and the open-sea character of the route rest on Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry. All of this was confirmed by 2026-11-01 (in part at summary level, via search-result titles and summaries). The day-trip time constraint, the resolve for an extra night, the advice on cash and provisions, and the scenery and ways-of-spending passages are editorial readings, not quotations. Always confirm sailings, sea conditions, events and facilities officially at the time of travel.