{"id":1,"date":"2026-03-22T14:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:00:56","slug":"seasonal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/scene-time\/seasonal.html","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal Tour\u3011Iriomotejima Sagaribana &amp; Firefly Appreciation Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Experience the unique way to enjoy Iriomote Island\u2606.<br \/>\nSagaribana &amp; Firefly Appreciation Tour<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ishigki-hotaru-640x427.jpg\" alt=\"\u3010\u5b63\u7bc0\u9650\u5b9a\u958b\u50ac\u3011\u897f\u8868\u5cf6\u30b5\u30ac\u30ea\u30d0\u30ca\uff06\u30db\u30bf\u30eb\u9451\u8cde\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31103 size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Iriomote Island, during the year<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Special tours held only during certain periods of time<\/b><\/span>There are<\/p>\n<p>The two most popular events are the \"Yaeyama firefly viewing\", where thousands of fireflies glow simultaneously, and the \"sagaribana viewing\", a one-night-only flower viewing event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-box su-box-style-bubbles\" id=\"\" style=\"border-color:#cc6699;border-radius:5px;max-width:none\"><div class=\"su-box-title\" style=\"background-color:#ff99cc;color:#FFFFFF;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px\">Recommended time of year<\/div><div class=\"su-box-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"border-bottom-left-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u25c6Yaeyama Firefly<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nBest time to visit is in spring from mid-March to mid-May.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">roughskin flower (Artemisia vulgaris var. distichii)<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nBest time to visit is during the summer season from late June to August.<br \/>\n*The year 2024 is<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>earlier than usual<\/b><\/span>Scheduled to be held from April to August.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Not only tourists but also local people look forward to seeing the show, so much so that there are repeat visitors who come to see it every year.<\/p>\n<p>Please enjoy the precious sight unique to Iriomote Island during this season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ishigaki-tours.com\/scene-time\/seasonal.html\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-3d\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#3696ff;border-color:#2c78cc;border-radius:6px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:6px 18px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;border-color:#73b6ff;border-radius:6px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-star\" style=\"font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> Click here for Ishigaki Island Sagaribana Tour Special<\/span><\/a>\n<p>\u2b07\ufe0e If you are out of season, please consider the following tour<br \/>\nSagaribana and fireflies are natural phenomena only during limited seasons. If out of season,<b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Night tours held throughout the year<\/span><\/b>is recommended\u2606.<br \/>\n<b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Observation of coconut crabs and nighttime flora and fauna<\/span><\/b>We will guide you to special experiences that you can have only in Iriomote Island, such as<br \/>\n<div class=\"pgs-card\">      <span class=\"pgs-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/?post_type=post&p=124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/22071033_m-2-825x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u30b5\u30ac\u30ea\u30d0\u30ca\u3001\u30ca\u30a4\u30c8\u3001\u661f\u7a7a\u3001\u591c\u7a7a\" \/><\/a><\/span>        <span class=\"pgs-post-data\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/?post_type=post&p=124\">          <span class=\"pgs-post-title\">Iriomote Island Night Tour (star gazing)<\/span>          <span class=\"pgs-post-excerpt\">Night tour is recommended to see the deep nature of Iriomote Island! If you come all the way to Iriomote Island, it would be a waste if you don't enjoy the island until night!<\/span>          <span class=\"pgs-post-excerpt\">(14 in total)<\/span>          <span class=\"pgs-post-reservebtn\">View Activity Details<\/span>        <\/a>    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many tours where you can see the \"phantom flower\" sagaribana, which blooms only one night, and Yaeyama fireflies, which spread all over the area like a carpet of light!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scene-time"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40178,"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/40178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iriomote-tour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}