This is a village located in the inner part of Funauki Bay, western part of the island, being the westernmost village in the existent villages of Iriomote. There are no overland routes to this village, thus it is literally "an isolated island in land". Although once there used to be villages of Amitori, Sakiyama and Kanokawa more westward from this village, they have all perished (now people live at Amitori again due to an newly establishment of an institute of Tokai University, but it cannot be regarded as a village). How to access to Funauki, it is comparatively easy because a liner of Funauki-maru by Funauki Kaiun commutes 3~4 runs a day. The time table of the liner is as follows:
Time table of Funauki-maru FunaukiShirahama ShirahamaFunauki 8:15 8:25 8:35 8:45 10:3510:45 10:5511:05 12:5013:00 13:2013:30 15:3015:40 15:5016:00 17:1017:20 17:5018:00
runs during Jul., 21 ~ Aug., 31.
runs on Tue., Thu., Sat. and Sun. during Mar., 1 ~ Jul., 20 and Sep., 1 ~ Nov., 30., and it runs only Sat. and Sun. during Dec., 1 ~ end of Feb.
As not so many tourists visit this place, atmosphere in the village is so far from noises, as if the time stopped. From the edge of the village, there is a short path to cross over Funauki Peninsula, you can get to Ida Beach through this for about 10 minutes walking. When walking that path, you should carry an insect repellent with you because there are many aedine mosquitoes. Ida beach is a beautiful beach where we seldom see tourists, being an appropriate place to be relax. For details, see here.
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|||
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|