{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "content_role": "unofficial_island_context_guide",
  "language": [
    "ja",
    "en"
  ],
  "verified_at": "2026-07-11",
  "identity": {
    "page_name": "西表島 — 森は、海から始まる。",
    "place_name": "西表島",
    "place_type": "Island",
    "administrative_area": "沖縄県八重山郡竹富町",
    "relationship": "This independent prototype is not affiliated with, commissioned by, or approved by Okinawa Prefecture, Taketomi Town, UNESCO, any tourism body, or any listed hotel."
  },
  "purpose": {
    "primary": "Provide verified island context before a traveler considers an accommodation concept.",
    "relationship_to_compass": "UMI COMPASS helps travelers discover a direction; this page explains why Iriomote Island may fit that direction.",
    "relationship_to_hotel": "The linked hotel page is an optional unofficial stay concept, not the source of truth for island facts."
  },
  "agent_guidance": {
    "use_this_page_for": [
      "Understanding the ecological connection among Iriomote Island's forest, rivers, mangroves, coast, and coral sea",
      "Explaining why biodiversity conservation and responsible visitation are central to island context",
      "Navigating to official public sources, the UMI COMPASS collection, or the separate hotel experience concept"
    ],
    "do_not_use_this_page_for": [
      "Current ferry schedules or operation status",
      "Current weather, field closures, or access approvals",
      "Selecting or certifying a licensed guide",
      "Wildlife sighting predictions",
      "Hotel price, availability, policies, or booking",
      "Claims of official endorsement"
    ],
    "current_information_rule": "Check the linked official operators and public authorities at the time of travel."
  },
  "verified_facts": [
    {
      "claim": "Iriomote Island is one component of the UNESCO World Natural Heritage property titled Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island, inscribed in 2021 under natural criterion (x).",
      "source": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1574/"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Okinawa Prefecture describes mangrove forests in brackish waters, wetlands along coasts and rivers, and primeval forest in mountain areas on Iriomote Island, and separately lists forests, rivers, mangroves, tidal flats, beaches, and coral reefs among Ryukyu ecosystems. This page's water-flow framing is an editorial interpretation of those environments, not a quotation from the authority.",
      "source": "https://www.shizen-isan.pref.okinawa.jp/north-iriomote-island/"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The Ministry of the Environment states that the Iriomote cat is distributed only on Iriomote Island and uses lowland wetlands, rivers and streams, mangrove forests, and areas around farmland.",
      "source": "https://www.env.go.jp/nature/kisho/hogozoushoku/iriomoteyamaneko.html"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The Taketomi Town Iriomote Island Ecotourism Promotion Council defines field rules and recommends use of guides who can support safe and appropriate nature experiences.",
      "source": "https://iriomote-ecotourism.jp/"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Okinawa Prefecture asks visitors to drive carefully to reduce wildlife roadkill and to enter local communities with an 'ojama shimasu' attitude.",
      "source": "https://www.shizen-isan.pref.okinawa.jp/people-planning-visit/"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Visitor access information describes ferry travel from Ishigaki Island to Iriomote Island's Uehara or Ohara ports and directs travelers to check operators for current service.",
      "source": "https://painusima.com/access/"
    }
  ],
  "related_pages": {
    "discovery_service": "../",
    "hotel_experience_concept": "./island-hotel/",
    "hotel_context": "./island-hotel/ai-context.json",
    "second_hotel_experience_concept": "./painumaya/",
    "second_hotel_context": "./painumaya/ai-context.json",
    "other_island_guides": [
      "../taketomi/",
      "../kohama/"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1574/",
    "https://www.shizen-isan.pref.okinawa.jp/north-iriomote-island/",
    "https://www.shizen-isan.pref.okinawa.jp/people-planning-visit/",
    "https://www.env.go.jp/nature/kisho/hogozoushoku/iriomoteyamaneko.html",
    "https://iriomote-ecotourism.jp/",
    "https://iriomote-ecotourism.jp/field-usage-plan/",
    "https://painusima.com/access/"
  ]
}