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| 12 February 2025: Due to family commitments and work, I have been unable to update this website and realise it is long overdue for an update. I will start updating the different pages as an overhaul after a long decade hiatus, especially considering how its focus and niche on the Internet will change. |
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26 April 2016 Iriomote Island is the second largest island of Okinawa Prefecture, second only to Okinawa Main Island itself. It is unique in that it is almost completely covered by a dense jungle and can only be accessed by ferry from Ishigaki Island to its east. A short road runs along the northern coast of Iriomote Island, while the rest of the island can be reached by kayaking along the rivers or hiking through the jungle. On this first day, I did not encounter any hermit crabs.
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27 April 2016 A little disappointed that I still hadn't encountered any hermit crabs, I made a second ferry trip from Ishigaki again to Iriomote (my hotel was in Ishigaki), but to explore a different region.
After the second kayak tour, I still had another two hours until the ferry was set to return to Ishigaki Island. Buses on the Okinawan Islands are very infrequent; hence I decided to walk up north to Hoshizuna Beach, where I found wild land hermit crabs for the very first time in my life. These are ruggies (Coenobita rugosus), who are the most common species along the beaches of Okinawan islands.
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