{ "schema_version": "1.0", "content_role": "unofficial_island_context_guide", "language": [ "ja", "en", "zh", "ko", "fr", "ru", "id", "ms", "es" ], "verified_at": "2026-11-01", "identity": { "page_name": "鳩間島 — 歌のふるさとの、ちいさな島。", "place_name": "鳩間島", "place_type": "Island", "administrative_area": "沖縄県八重山郡竹富町", "relationship": "This independent project is not affiliated with, commissioned by, or approved by Okinawa Prefecture, Taketomi Town, the Taketomi Town Tourism Association, the ferry operators (Anei Kanko; Yaeyama Kanko Ferry), the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Ministry of the Environment, the music festival's organizing committee, or any tourism body or public authority." }, "purpose": { "primary": "Provide verified island context for Hatoma, the smallest inhabited island of the Yaeyama Islands and the birthplace of the folk song 'Hatoma-bushi', before a traveler decides whether and how to cross — including the via-Uehara route structure that governs cancellations and the 'no shops on the island' readiness it demands.", "relationship_to_compass": "UMI YAIMA COMPASS helps travelers discover a direction; this page explains what Hatoma Island is. It lists no accommodation: stays, eateries and current island services are routed to the Taketomi Town Tourism Association and to official channels.", "relationship_to_series": "The page routes cancellation-structure questions to the wind page (../kaze/), the Uehara-side journey to the Iriomote guide (../iriomote/), and gateway connections to the Ishigaki page (../ishigaki/).", "deliberate_omission": "No inn or accommodation listings, no prices, no next music-festival date or schedule, and no same-day ferry operating status — these are intentionally omitted. Island stays and eateries are routed to the Taketomi Town Tourism Association and each facility's official channel; sailings on the day of travel go to the operators' official status pages; the festival's next edition goes to official announcements." }, "editorial_scope_note": "The island facts on this page are summary-level statements confirmed via web-search result corroboration (web_search_result_corroboration): titles, summaries and quoted snippets of search results checked by 2026-11-01; the source pages themselves are not readable from this production environment. The island outline (town's northern end; circumference about 3.9 km; the smallest inhabited island of Yaeyama; on-foot movement; population about 50) summarizes Taketomi Town and the Taketomi Town Tourism Association; the area (0.96 km2) summarizes an Okinawa Prefecture remote-islands document; crossing times are deliberately given as ranges (direct about 45-55 minutes; via Uehara about 70-80 minutes; Uehara-Hatoma 10-15 minutes) because sources differ; the via-stop cancellation linkage and the open-sea route description summarize Anei Kanko; Hatoma-bushi, the lunar-June harvest festival, the 2006 start of the regular ferry and the 'Ruri no Shima' setting summarize Taketomi Town; Hatoma-Nakamori's designations summarize Taketomi Town, Okinawa Prefecture and the Agency for Cultural Affairs; the 1948 lighthouse, the lookout platform, the beaches, the blue-coral community, Kamurama and the 'no shops' advice summarize the Taketomi Town Tourism Association; the national-park incorporation and the marine park zone summarize the Ministry of the Environment. The day-trip time constraint, the advice to carry cash and provisions from Ishigaki, the readiness for an extra night when sailings stop, and all scenery and ways-of-spending-the-day passages are editorial, not quotations.", "agent_guidance": { "use_this_page_for": [ "Knowing that Hatoma Island belongs to Taketomi Town, lies in the sea north of Iriomote Island at the town's northern end, has a circumference of about 3.9 km and an area of 0.96 km2, is the smallest inhabited island of the Yaeyama Islands, and is moved around mainly on foot (Taketomi Town; tourism association; Okinawa Prefecture)", "Knowing that the population is about 50 (Taketomi Town)", "Knowing that Hatoma is the birthplace of the folk song 'Hatoma-bushi', representative of Yaeyama (Taketomi Town)", "Knowing that the Hatoma Island Music Festival has been held around early May — the 28th edition took place on 2025-05-04, organized by its own committee — with no assertion of annual holding, a fixed date, or a next edition", "Knowing that Hatoma-Nakamori (33.8 m, kuba palms) is a town-designated natural monument and a component of the national historic site 'Sakishima Islands Hibanmuri', and that the Hatoma Island Lighthouse (1948) stands there with a lookout platform beside it", "Knowing the beaches and sea: Yarahama (west; wide, shallow; sunset spot), Mae-no-hama (calm, inside a breakwater), the blue-coral community off the north coast, and the island's place in Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park with the 'Hatoma Island Barasu / Unarizaki' marine park zone (2012)", "Knowing that the harvest festival falls in the sixth lunar month and that the deity Kamurama appears only on Hatoma (Taketomi Town; tourism association)", "Knowing the route structure: direct sailings about 45-55 minutes, via Uehara about 70-80 minutes, Uehara-Hatoma 10-15 minutes; the Hatoma route is a via-stop of the Uehara route and is cancelled whenever the Uehara route is cancelled, on a route that crosses open sea (Anei Kanko; Yaeyama Kanko Ferry)", "Knowing that there are no shops on the island, so food and drink are prepared before boarding, eateries are checked in advance, and inn meals are confirmed at booking (tourism association)", "Navigating to the wind page (../kaze/), the Iriomote guide (../iriomote/), the Ishigaki gateway (../ishigaki/), the other island guides, and UMI YAIMA COMPASS" ], "do_not_use_this_page_for": [ "Current ferry schedules, fares, or same-day operating status", "The music festival's next date or whether it will be held in any given year", "Inn, eatery or accommodation listings, prices, availability, or booking", "Current sea conditions, weather, or swimming-safety judgments", "Claims of official endorsement" ], "current_information_rule": "Check the ferry operators' official pages for sailings on the day of travel (the Hatoma route is cancelled whenever the Uehara route is), official announcements for the music festival and other events, and the Taketomi Town Tourism Association or each facility's official channel for stays and eateries." }, "verified_facts": [ { "claim": "Hatoma Island belongs to Taketomi Town, Okinawa, in the sea north of Iriomote Island, and in the town's official description marks the town's northern end; the Taketomi Town Tourism Association gives its circumference as about 3.9 km and introduces it as the smallest inhabited island of the Yaeyama Islands, where moving around the island is mainly on foot (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/about/hatoma/" }, { "claim": "An Okinawa Prefecture remote-islands document gives Hatoma Island's area as 0.96 km2 (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/019/068/dai1syou.pdf" }, { "claim": "Taketomi Town's official island introduction gives Hatoma's population as about 50 (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/about/hatoma/" }, { "claim": "The regular ferry service between Ishigaki and Hatoma began in April 2006 (Taketomi Town); crossing times vary between sources — Anei Kanko's timetable gives direct sailings as about 45-55 minutes and sailings via Uehara as about 70-80 minutes, and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry gives Iriomote Uehara to Hatoma as 10-15 minutes one way (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://aneikankou.co.jp/timetable/detail/5" }, { "claim": "Anei Kanko's timetable states that the Hatoma route is operated as a via-stop service of the Uehara route and is cancelled whenever the Uehara route is cancelled, and the operator describes the Uehara route (including Hatoma) as a route that crosses open sea (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://aneikankou.co.jp/timetable/detail/5" }, { "claim": "Taketomi Town introduces Hatoma as the birthplace of 'Hatoma-bushi', a folk song representative of Yaeyama, and notes that Hatoma-Nakamori, sung of in the song, commands a sweeping view of Iriomote Island (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/about/hatoma/" }, { "claim": "Taketomi Town's official event calendar records the 28th Hatoma Island Music Festival on 2025-05-04, held by the festival's organizing committee at the island's open-air stage; dates differ between official materials, the 25th edition (2022) was officially postponed, and no 2026 information was confirmed, so the page does not assert annual holding, a fixed date, or a next edition (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/calendar/1682562494/" }, { "claim": "Hatoma-Nakamori, the island's highest hill (33.8 m per the tourism association) with a grove of kuba (Livistona) palms, is a Taketomi Town designated natural monument (1972) and a component of the nationally designated historic site 'Sakishima Islands Hibanmuri' (2007), the remains of watch stations placed by the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1644 (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003535" }, { "claim": "The Hatoma Island Lighthouse stands on Hatoma-Nakamori and was built in 1948 to reduce maritime accidents in the surrounding waters; the tourism association's model course introduces a lookout platform beside it with a sweeping view of Iriomote Island (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://painusima.com/808/" }, { "claim": "The tourism association introduces Yarahama on the island's west as a wide, shallow beach and a sunset spot reachable from the port on foot or by rental bicycle, Mae-no-hama in front of the village as calm inside a breakwater, a blue-coral community off the north coast, and a traditional village of fukugi trees and stone walls to stroll through (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://painusima.com/modelcourse_hatoma/" }, { "claim": "Hatoma Island is part of Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park: it was incorporated by the area change announced on 2012-03-27, which also designated the 'Hatoma Island Barasu / Unarizaki' marine park zone in the surrounding waters (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.env.go.jp/park/iriomote/intro/index.html" }, { "claim": "Taketomi Town gives the island's harvest festival as held in the sixth month of the lunar calendar, and the tourism association introduces Kamurama, a deity of descendants' prosperity who appears in it, as seen only on Hatoma (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/about/hatoma/" }, { "claim": "The tourism association's Hatoma model course advises that there are no shops on the island, so food and drink should be prepared before boarding the boat; whether the island's eateries are open should be checked in advance, and meals at inns confirmed at booking (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://painusima.com/modelcourse_hatoma/" }, { "claim": "Taketomi Town's island introduction states that Hatoma became known nationwide as the setting of the TV drama 'Ruri no Shima'; the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau's sites date the drama to 2005 (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/about/hatoma/" }, { "claim": "The island has Hatoma elementary and junior high school, and the Taketomi Town board of education runs an island-study program for children from outside the island, including the Tsubasa dormitory (corroborated via web-search result titles and summaries, 2026-11-01).", "source": "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/soshiki/kyoikuiinkai/kyoiku/1646283666/" } ], "related_pages": { "discovery_service": "../", "wind_and_cancellations": "../kaze/", "gateway_ishigaki": "../ishigaki/", "other_island_guides": [ "../taketomi/", "../iriomote/", "../kohama/", "../hateruma/", "../kuroshima/" ] }, "sources": [ "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/about/hatoma/", "https://painusima.com/modelcourse_hatoma/", "https://painusima.com/808/", "https://painusima.com/803/", "https://aneikankou.co.jp/timetable/detail/5", "https://yaeyama.co.jp/operation.html", "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/administration/bunkazai/", "https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003535", "https://www.env.go.jp/park/iriomote/intro/index.html", "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/calendar/1682562494/", "https://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/019/068/dai1syou.pdf", "https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/soshiki/kyoikuiinkai/kyoiku/1646283666/" ] }