- Update : 2023/10/13
- Beaches
- Yonehara Beach, Yoneko-yaki Seesah garden
*This article confirmed the information in June 2022.
Contents
♦ Welcome to Yonehara Beach
♦ How to get to Yonehara Beach
♦ Facility Information of Yonehara Beach
♦ How to use the shower
♦ Temporary baggage storage
♦ Restaurants around Yonehara Beach
♦ Accommodations around Yonehara Beach
♦ Rental Shop for beach items
♦ Yoneko-yaki Seesah garden is recommended
Welcome to Yonehara Beach
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・It is also a popular beach for locals.
・There is also a rental shop for marine items and showers.
・Snorkeling spot
・High tide is recommended
Yonehara Beach is the most popular snorkeling spot on Ishigaki Island. There are also corals in shallow areas near the beach, and you can see colorful fish even in those shallow areas.
There is a Yonehara campsite next to the beach, and during the summer season, not only tourists but also locals visit and it is crowded with many people.
The beach has facilities such as parking lot, toilets and showers, and there are restaurants around the beach. Therefore, you can enjoy marine leisure comfortably.
However, the tides are fast here and there are no lifeguards, so some people drown every year.
We recommend wearing a life jacket when snorkeling.
There are several rental shops around the beach, where you can rent life jackets, snorkeling goods and umbrellas.
This is a shallow beach, so it is recommended to go at high tide. At low tide, corals in shallow waters are exposed and you need to go tens of meters offshore to snorkel.
How to get to Yonehara Beach
Transportation to get there
・Route bus
・Rental car
・Taxi
Yonehara Beach is located in the center of Ishigaki Island. It is about 30 minutes by car from the city center (around Bus Terminal or Ishigaki Port) and about 25 minutes from Ishigaki Airport. You can get to Yonehara Beach by route bus, rental car or taxi.
The beach is close to the bus stop and there is a shower too, so you can go by bus. However, be careful of the time as there are few buses to operate.
Go to Yonehara Beach by route bus (Azuma Bus)
The route bus to Yonehara Beach depart daily from Bus Terminal and Ishigaki Airport. Yonehara Beach is about a 3-minute walk from the bus stop.
The name of the bus stop at Yonehara Beach differs depending on the destination of the bus. They are “Yonehara” and “Yonehara Camp Jo”. The bus only stops at either bus stop. Please be careful not to miss your stop.
The distance between the two bus stops is about 200m. The location of the bus stop is shown on the map below.
How to get to Yonehara Beach by bus
Bus stop name
“Yonehara” or “Yonehara Camp Jo” ( 3-minute walk to Yonehara Beach)
Bus Route
From Bus Terminal (5 buses / day) No.2(840yen), 8(840yen), 11(890yen)
From Airport (3 buses / day) No.3(1,050yen), 11(540yen)
Azuma Bus Schedules from Bus Terminal
*Latest bus schedule as of October 2023
There are 5 buses a day from the Bus Terminal to Yonehara Beach. There are 3 routes buses bound for Yonehara Beach, but we recommend route No.2 or No.8 bus. These route bus run along the seaside road. Therefore, you can enjoy a beautiful view of the sea from the bus.
When you go to Yonehara Beach, you can see the sea on the left side, so the seat on the left side is recommended.
The bus fare from Bus Terminal to Yonehara Beach is 840 yen or 890 yen (It depends on the route.), so it is better to buy a one-day Bus Pass (1,000 yen) for those who make a round trip by bus.
How to buy a Bus Pass is summarized on another page.
Riding Time
56 minutes – 58 minutes (It depends on the route.)
Fare
840 yen or 890 yen (It depends on the route.)
departure
return
download timetables
Route2 (PDF:0.4MB)
Route3 (PDF:0.4MB)
Route8 (PDF:0.4MB)
Route11 (PDF:0.4MB)
Azuma Bus Schedules from Airport
*Latest bus schedule as of October 2023
There is a bus from Ishigaki Airport to Yonehara Beach. Therefore, when you arrive at Ishigaki Airport, you can take the route bus from the airport to Yonehara Beach and immediately swim at that beach. In addition, there is a shower on the beach.
If you have large baggage such as a suitcase, the “Baggage Delivery Service” is convenient. There are no lockers on Yonehara Beach.
The bus stop at Ishigaki Airport is ‘B’.
The bus fare Ishigaki Airport to Yonehara Beach is 540 yen one way, so if you are traveling by route bus after that, it is better to buy a one-day Bus Pass (1,000 yen).
Riding Time
25 minutes – 74 minutes (It depends on the route.)
Fare
540 yen or 1,050 yen (It depends on the route.)
departure
return
download timetables
Route2 (PDF:0.4MB)
Route3 (PDF:0.4MB)
Route11 (PDF:0.4MB)
Yonehara Beach Bus trip Best Plan
This is a proposal for a plan to enjoy the area around Yonehara Beach with only a route bus. Yoneko-yaki Seesah garden is recommended.
Best Plan
1. Route No.8「Bus Terminal」 Dep. (10:45) get off 「Yonehara Camp Jo」(Yonehara Beach)
2. Lunch at the Tonkatsu-riki
3. Rent a life jacket at Jerry Fish
4. Enjoy Yonehara Beach
5. After changing clothes, enjoy Yoneko-yaki Seesah garden
6. Route No.11「Yonehara Camp Jo」 Dep. (4:22pm) get off 「Bus Terminal」(5:21pm)
Go to Yonehara Beach by taxi
There is no taxi stand at Yonehara Beach. Even if you call a taxi, you will have to wait about 30 minutes because it comes from city center.
You can call a taxi with the taxi app “DiDi”.
Taxi fare and riding time
Approximate fare
Airport Yonehara Beach : 4,000
Bus Terminal Yonehara Beach : 4,500
Riding Time
Airport Yonehara Beach : About 25 minutes
Bus Terminal Yonehara Beach : About 30 minutes
Go to Yonehara Beach by rental car
The Omoto Tunnel, which you pass when going from the airport to Yonehara Beach, is the only tunnel on Ishigaki Island.
It is convenient to use a MAPCODE 
to set the destination of the car navigation system.
*MAPCODE is numerical number that the latitude and longitude of a place in Japan are converted into.
How to get to Yonehara Beach by rental car
address
446-1 Fukai, Ishigaki-shi, Okinawa : 366 397 734*54
Riding Time
Airport Yonehara Beach : About 25 minutes
Bus Terminal Yonehara Beach : About 30 minutes
Parking Lot
Paid parking (500yen / day)
Facility Information of Yonehara Beach
Yonehara Beach is a free beach in front of Yonehara campsite and is open all year. There are showers, toilets and restaurants, but no lifeguards or jellyfish nets.
Yonehara Beach
| Business Hours | Always |
|---|---|
| Admission | Free |
| Closed | No Closing days |
| Web | – |
| Parking Lot | 〇 (Free:about 7 cars, Not Free:about 30 cars) |
| Toilets | 〇（Multipurpose Toilets : 〇） |
| Changing rooms | 〇 (in shop) |
| Shower | 〇 (200yen / 10mins) |
| Temporary baggage storage | × |
| Lifeguards | × |
| Jellyfish Net | × |
| Rental beach items | 〇 |
Yonehara Beach Map
How to use the shower
There are some paid shower rooms on the beach. It’s large enough to change clothes. We introduce you how to use it.
1. Prepare money. (200yen / 10mins)
You can use only 100 yen coin for shower. There is no bill changer around the beach. Therefore, you need to exchange money before coming to the beach.
2. Insert a coin.
Then the water comes out. Water will be out for 10 minutes.
Temporary baggage storage
The following “baggage storage service” has already ended when we confirmed it in November 2021. There are no lockers on Yonehara Beach, so there is no place to store your baggage. Therefore, please use the “Baggage Delivery Service“.
There are no lockers on Yonehara Beach, but there are stores that can store your baggage. It’s Jerry Fish, a beach items rental shop.
Jerry Fish is a member of a baggage storage service called Ecbo Cloak. Please check the Ecbo Cloak website for how to use it.
Restaurants around Yonehara Beach
There are several restaurants around the beach. If you are hungry, you can have lunch and swim. Let’s try “Japanese tonkatsu” for lunch!
*Tonkatsu
Tonkatsu is a dish of thickly cut pork with eggs, flour and bread crumbs fried in oil. It is a Japanese-style arrangement of food cutlets.
*Business hours may have changed.
Tonkatsu-riki
This is a popular Tonkatsu restaurant.
| Business Hours | 11:30am to 2:45pm |
|---|---|
| Closed | Sun. and Mon. |
| Menu (only in Japanese) | pork loin cutlet set : 800yen pork loin cutlet and Japanese curry : 950yen |
| Location | 3-minute walk from the beach |
| View | × |
| Accepted Credit Cards | No |
| English | a little |
| Web | Tabelog |
Cafe & Restaurant imagine
This restaurant seems to be closed. (Confirmed in 2021)
A cosy restaurant
Accommodations around Yonehara Beach
There is no supermarket around Yonehara beach. In addition, most shops are not open at night, so you can’t have dinner around here.
When you book accommodation around this area, we recommend an accommodation plan with dinner.
Hanashiro
This is a Minshuku near Yonehara Beach.
| Address | 644-38 fukai, Ishigaki-shi |
|---|---|
 MAPCODE |
366 427 146*38 |
| Bus | Bus stop name : Yonehara 2-minute walk from bus stop Route : No.2, 3, 8,11 5 buses / day (from Bus Terminal) 3 buses / day (from Airport) |
| Price range | economical |
| Room type | Japanese |
| View | × |
| WiFi | 〇 |
| Parking Lot | 〇 |
| Handicapped-accessible room | × |
| Web | Official (in Japanese) |
JUSANDI
This is a luxury hotel that the author also wants to stay at.
| Address | 470 fukai, Ishigaki-shi |
|---|---|
| MAPCODE |
366 428 239*57 |
| Bus | Bus stop name : Yonehara Palm tree 7-minute walk from bus stop Route : No.2, 3, 8,11 5 buses / day (from Bus Terminal) 3 buses / day (from Airport) |
| Price range | Luxury |
| Room type | western |
| View | Ocean View |
| WiFi | 〇 |
| Parking Lot | 〇 (5 cars) |
| Handicapped-accessible room | × |
| Web | Official |
Rich Reson Ishigaki
This is a reasonable hotel.
| Address | 474-1 fukai, Ishigaki-shi |
|---|---|
| MAPCODE |
366 428 075*28 |
| Bus | Bus stop name : Yonehara Palm tree 4-minute walk from bus stop Route : No.2, 3, 8, 11 5 buses / day (from Bus Terminal) 3 buses / day (from Airport) |
| Price range | economical |
| Room type | western |
| View | × |
| WiFi | 〇 |
| Parking Lot | 〇 |
| Handicapped-accessible room | 〇 |
| Web | Official (in Japanese) |
| – |
Rental Shop for beach items
There are several shops around Yonehara Beach where you can rent beach items.
JellyFish
It is a shop that offers marine tours and lunch. In addition, there is a paid parking lot (500yen / day) in front of this shop.
| Business Hours | 9:00am to 6:00pm |
|---|---|
| Closed | Always open |
| Location | 1-minute walk from beach |
| Rental Goods | Snorkel and mask : 660yen/day Life jacket : 1,100yen/day Parasol : 550yen/day |
| Changing rooms | 〇 (free) |
| Shower | 〇 (500yen) |
| Accepted Credit Cards | 〇 |
| English | unclear |
| Web | Official |
Yoneko-yaki Seesah garden is recommended
Yoneko-yaki Seesah garden is located near the Yonehara bus stop and is a garden where large colorful *Shisa are exhibited. Shisa with various expressions and colors is fun. You can freely visit it for free.
*Shisa
The Shisa is an Okinawan lion dog statue. Shisa has the meaning of amulet and is installed in many buildings in Okinawa. There are many Shisa on Taketomi Island where you can see traditional Okinawan buildings.
Business Hours
9:00 to 4:50pm
Admission
Free
Closed
No Closing days
Web
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