Hateruma Island: the southernmost point of Japan
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Hateruma Island: the southernmost point of Japan
Just finished another piece for my blog about my trip this time last year to Hateruma, Japan's southernmost inhabited island!
In addition to its sights, I wrote a bit about its history and religious traditions, things not really recorded in English. Please give it a read!
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
In addition to its sights, I wrote a bit about its history and religious traditions, things not really recorded in English. Please give it a read!
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
Hateruma: Japan’s Southern Frontier – Afkary
afkary.ae
March 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Just finished another piece for my blog about my trip this time last year to Hateruma, Japan's southernmost inhabited island!
In addition to its sights, I wrote a bit about its history and religious traditions, things not really recorded in English. Please give it a read!
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
In addition to its sights, I wrote a bit about its history and religious traditions, things not really recorded in English. Please give it a read!
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
Hateruma brown sugar is a recommended treat I'd love to introduce to visitors from overseas. It pairs perfectly with tea. 🤗
December 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Hateruma brown sugar is a recommended treat I'd love to introduce to visitors from overseas. It pairs perfectly with tea. 🤗
March 19, 2026 at 7:28 AM
One of my achievements this year was visiting Japan’s most extreme vending machines at its 4 corners!
Order of visit:
Southernmost: Hateruma Island, Okinawa
Westernmost: Cape Irizaki, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa
Northernmost: Cape Sōya (Wakkanai), Hokkaido
Easternmost: Cape Nosappu (Nemuro), Hokkaido
Order of visit:
Southernmost: Hateruma Island, Okinawa
Westernmost: Cape Irizaki, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa
Northernmost: Cape Sōya (Wakkanai), Hokkaido
Easternmost: Cape Nosappu (Nemuro), Hokkaido
December 10, 2024 at 6:05 AM
One of my achievements this year was visiting Japan’s most extreme vending machines at its 4 corners!
Order of visit:
Southernmost: Hateruma Island, Okinawa
Westernmost: Cape Irizaki, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa
Northernmost: Cape Sōya (Wakkanai), Hokkaido
Easternmost: Cape Nosappu (Nemuro), Hokkaido
Order of visit:
Southernmost: Hateruma Island, Okinawa
Westernmost: Cape Irizaki, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa
Northernmost: Cape Sōya (Wakkanai), Hokkaido
Easternmost: Cape Nosappu (Nemuro), Hokkaido
A sign I saw when I visited Hateruma, Japan's southernmost inhabited island, called Paterōma in the island's dialect of the Yaeyama language (Yaima).
The Yaima sign here reads "Utamandu tunji pikohan", meaning "Beware of children jumping out"
Utamandu = children
Tunji = jumping out
Pikohan = danger
The Yaima sign here reads "Utamandu tunji pikohan", meaning "Beware of children jumping out"
Utamandu = children
Tunji = jumping out
Pikohan = danger
November 17, 2024 at 2:46 AM
A sign I saw when I visited Hateruma, Japan's southernmost inhabited island, called Paterōma in the island's dialect of the Yaeyama language (Yaima).
The Yaima sign here reads "Utamandu tunji pikohan", meaning "Beware of children jumping out"
Utamandu = children
Tunji = jumping out
Pikohan = danger
The Yaima sign here reads "Utamandu tunji pikohan", meaning "Beware of children jumping out"
Utamandu = children
Tunji = jumping out
Pikohan = danger
EXTRAORDINARY HIST0RIC HEAT IN JAPAN
Minimum 28.9 Ishigaki
HOTTEST OCTOBER NIGHT IN JAPAN HISTORY
broken again !
Insane Min 28.5 Ibaruma,27.9 Hateruma,24.9 Kaminaka,
23.2 Matsuura,19.3 Yagishiri,14.1 Nishiokoppe
Minimum 28.9 Ishigaki
HOTTEST OCTOBER NIGHT IN JAPAN HISTORY
broken again !
Insane Min 28.5 Ibaruma,27.9 Hateruma,24.9 Kaminaka,
23.2 Matsuura,19.3 Yagishiri,14.1 Nishiokoppe
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HIST0RIC HEAT IN JAPAN
Minimum 28.9 Ishigaki
HOTTEST OCTOBER NIGHT IN JAPAN HISTORY
broken again !
Insane Min 28.5 Ibaruma,27.9 Hateruma,24.9 Kaminaka,
23.2 Matsuura,19.3 Yagishiri,14.1 Nishiokoppe
Minimum 28.9 Ishigaki
HOTTEST OCTOBER NIGHT IN JAPAN HISTORY
broken again !
Insane Min 28.5 Ibaruma,27.9 Hateruma,24.9 Kaminaka,
23.2 Matsuura,19.3 Yagishiri,14.1 Nishiokoppe
Painted in 1928 by renowned Kyoto Nihonga master Kikuchi Keigetsu (菊池契月), The Isle of Paipateroma (Minami Hateruma-jima) brings to life a legendary utopia from Okinawan folklore.
August 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Painted in 1928 by renowned Kyoto Nihonga master Kikuchi Keigetsu (菊池契月), The Isle of Paipateroma (Minami Hateruma-jima) brings to life a legendary utopia from Okinawan folklore.
October 12, 2024 at 1:37 AM
#toshitsuchitori @ryuichisakamoto.bsky.social "Disappointment-Hateruma" reviewed at #HHVMag by Albert Koch @thethealbert.bsky.social
"...moving between ambient textures, deconstructed Japanese folk and Musique concrète"
www.hhv-mag.com/review/ryuic...
"...moving between ambient textures, deconstructed Japanese folk and Musique concrète"
www.hhv-mag.com/review/ryuic...
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Toshiyuki Tsuchitori – Disappointment-Hateruma
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Toshiyuki Tsuchitori – Disappointment-Hateruma
www.hhv-mag.com
March 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
#toshitsuchitori @ryuichisakamoto.bsky.social "Disappointment-Hateruma" reviewed at #HHVMag by Albert Koch @thethealbert.bsky.social
"...moving between ambient textures, deconstructed Japanese folk and Musique concrète"
www.hhv-mag.com/review/ryuic...
"...moving between ambient textures, deconstructed Japanese folk and Musique concrète"
www.hhv-mag.com/review/ryuic...
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Hot and humid sauna 24/7 in Okinawa,worse than summer!
Insane November Records Highest Minimums:
27.4 Ishigaki
26.8 Ashimine
26.7 Naha
26.6 Ohara
26.5 Hateruma
25.9 Iriomote
This is EXACTLY what your author saw weeks in advance.
God can make mistakes, Me...never
Hot and humid sauna 24/7 in Okinawa,worse than summer!
Insane November Records Highest Minimums:
27.4 Ishigaki
26.8 Ashimine
26.7 Naha
26.6 Ohara
26.5 Hateruma
25.9 Iriomote
This is EXACTLY what your author saw weeks in advance.
God can make mistakes, Me...never
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Hot and humid sauna 24/7 in Okinawa,worse than summer!
Insane November Records Highest Minimums:
27.4 Ishigaki
26.8 Ashimine
26.7 Naha
26.6 Ohara
26.5 Hateruma
25.9 Iriomote
This is EXACTLY what your author saw weeks in advance.
God can make mistakes, Me...never
Hot and humid sauna 24/7 in Okinawa,worse than summer!
Insane November Records Highest Minimums:
27.4 Ishigaki
26.8 Ashimine
26.7 Naha
26.6 Ohara
26.5 Hateruma
25.9 Iriomote
This is EXACTLY what your author saw weeks in advance.
God can make mistakes, Me...never
photos by Shōmei Tōmatsu...
July 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
photos by Shōmei Tōmatsu...
TSUCHITORI-SAKAMOTO - "a / Φ (musique differencielle 1°)" from DISAPPOINTMENT HATERUMA - OUT 27 FEB @wewantsounds.bsky.social
Originally released on the cult Japanese record label ALM. Everything on the label is deeply interesting and insanely rare outside of Japan.
youtu.be/mPFLvai9IMI?...
Originally released on the cult Japanese record label ALM. Everything on the label is deeply interesting and insanely rare outside of Japan.
youtu.be/mPFLvai9IMI?...
TSUCHITORI-SAKAMOTO - "a / Φ (musique differencielle 1°)" from DISAPPOINTMENT HATERUMA - OUT 27 FEB
YouTube video by WEWANTSOUNDS
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 2:35 AM
TSUCHITORI-SAKAMOTO - "a / Φ (musique differencielle 1°)" from DISAPPOINTMENT HATERUMA - OUT 27 FEB @wewantsounds.bsky.social
Originally released on the cult Japanese record label ALM. Everything on the label is deeply interesting and insanely rare outside of Japan.
youtu.be/mPFLvai9IMI?...
Originally released on the cult Japanese record label ALM. Everything on the label is deeply interesting and insanely rare outside of Japan.
youtu.be/mPFLvai9IMI?...
September 1, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Panorama of Pēmuchi Beach, Japan’s southernmost beach located on Hateruma Island.
The name comes from the Hateruma (Patara) language where it means “Southern face”.
The name comes from the Hateruma (Patara) language where it means “Southern face”.
November 10, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Panorama of Pēmuchi Beach, Japan’s southernmost beach located on Hateruma Island.
The name comes from the Hateruma (Patara) language where it means “Southern face”.
The name comes from the Hateruma (Patara) language where it means “Southern face”.
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Suffocating heat 24/7 goes on.
October records:
33.4 Ishigaki
33.4 Hateruma
33.1 Ue
33.0 Kanoya
32.9 KItahara
32.7 Koniya
32.6 Ozu
29.6 Takamori
High minimums
28.3 Naha and Ashimine
28.1 Naze and Okinoerabu
27.8 Amagi
Summer will continue for weeks!
Suffocating heat 24/7 goes on.
October records:
33.4 Ishigaki
33.4 Hateruma
33.1 Ue
33.0 Kanoya
32.9 KItahara
32.7 Koniya
32.6 Ozu
29.6 Takamori
High minimums
28.3 Naha and Ashimine
28.1 Naze and Okinoerabu
27.8 Amagi
Summer will continue for weeks!
October 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Suffocating heat 24/7 goes on.
October records:
33.4 Ishigaki
33.4 Hateruma
33.1 Ue
33.0 Kanoya
32.9 KItahara
32.7 Koniya
32.6 Ozu
29.6 Takamori
High minimums
28.3 Naha and Ashimine
28.1 Naze and Okinoerabu
27.8 Amagi
Summer will continue for weeks!
Suffocating heat 24/7 goes on.
October records:
33.4 Ishigaki
33.4 Hateruma
33.1 Ue
33.0 Kanoya
32.9 KItahara
32.7 Koniya
32.6 Ozu
29.6 Takamori
High minimums
28.3 Naha and Ashimine
28.1 Naze and Okinoerabu
27.8 Amagi
Summer will continue for weeks!
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭.
U don’t have to fight it all at once.
Sometimes it begins w/ a breath, a small walk, a quiet moment under the ☀️. Let a pic, a 🎶, a 🌱 remind u:
𝐔 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, & 𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.
#Photography #Sunday #writesky #Hateruma 🇯🇵
U don’t have to fight it all at once.
Sometimes it begins w/ a breath, a small walk, a quiet moment under the ☀️. Let a pic, a 🎶, a 🌱 remind u:
𝐔 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, & 𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.
#Photography #Sunday #writesky #Hateruma 🇯🇵
August 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭.
U don’t have to fight it all at once.
Sometimes it begins w/ a breath, a small walk, a quiet moment under the ☀️. Let a pic, a 🎶, a 🌱 remind u:
𝐔 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, & 𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.
#Photography #Sunday #writesky #Hateruma 🇯🇵
U don’t have to fight it all at once.
Sometimes it begins w/ a breath, a small walk, a quiet moment under the ☀️. Let a pic, a 🎶, a 🌱 remind u:
𝐔 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, & 𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝.
#Photography #Sunday #writesky #Hateruma 🇯🇵
"Typhoon" in the languages of Japan 🇯🇵
Ainu: Pororera (ポロレラ) [big wind] / Ruyanpe (ルヤンペ) [violent thing - storm]
Japanese: Taifū (台風)
Amami: Thēfu (てーフ / 台風)
Okinawan: Kajifuchi (風吹ち) / Tēfū (台風)
Yaema (Hateruma dialect): Kachifuki (かちふき) / Būkachi (ぶーかち)
Yonaguni (Dunan): Ubukadi うぶかでぃ (大風)
Ainu: Pororera (ポロレラ) [big wind] / Ruyanpe (ルヤンペ) [violent thing - storm]
Japanese: Taifū (台風)
Amami: Thēfu (てーフ / 台風)
Okinawan: Kajifuchi (風吹ち) / Tēfū (台風)
Yaema (Hateruma dialect): Kachifuki (かちふき) / Būkachi (ぶーかち)
Yonaguni (Dunan): Ubukadi うぶかでぃ (大風)
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"Typhoon" in the languages of Japan 🇯🇵
Ainu: Pororera (ポロレラ) [big wind] / Ruyanpe (ルヤンペ) [violent thing - storm]
Japanese: Taifū (台風)
Amami: Thēfu (てーフ / 台風)
Okinawan: Kajifuchi (風吹ち) / Tēfū (台風)
Yaema (Hateruma dialect): Kachifuki (かちふき) / Būkachi (ぶーかち)
Yonaguni (Dunan): Ubukadi うぶかでぃ (大風)
Ainu: Pororera (ポロレラ) [big wind] / Ruyanpe (ルヤンペ) [violent thing - storm]
Japanese: Taifū (台風)
Amami: Thēfu (てーフ / 台風)
Okinawan: Kajifuchi (風吹ち) / Tēfū (台風)
Yaema (Hateruma dialect): Kachifuki (かちふき) / Būkachi (ぶーかち)
Yonaguni (Dunan): Ubukadi うぶかでぃ (大風)
HISTORIC HEAT IN JAPAN
30.5C at Hateruma Island today,hottest day ever recorded in Japan so early.
If it was 1 day earlier,it would have been a March national record (30.4C Nago the record).
Some stations are already close to their April records.
Extraordinary.
30.5C at Hateruma Island today,hottest day ever recorded in Japan so early.
If it was 1 day earlier,it would have been a March national record (30.4C Nago the record).
Some stations are already close to their April records.
Extraordinary.
JAPAN HISTORIC HEAT WAVE: ALMOST 30C !
Extraordinary March heat allover Asia with dozens of records again in Japan up to 29.3C at Anabuki
which is only 0.4C from mainland Japan record of March highest Temperature.
Historic.
List of records by JMA :
Extraordinary March heat allover Asia with dozens of records again in Japan up to 29.3C at Anabuki
which is only 0.4C from mainland Japan record of March highest Temperature.
Historic.
List of records by JMA :
April 1, 2026 at 7:23 AM
HISTORIC HEAT IN JAPAN
30.5C at Hateruma Island today,hottest day ever recorded in Japan so early.
If it was 1 day earlier,it would have been a March national record (30.4C Nago the record).
Some stations are already close to their April records.
Extraordinary.
30.5C at Hateruma Island today,hottest day ever recorded in Japan so early.
If it was 1 day earlier,it would have been a March national record (30.4C Nago the record).
Some stations are already close to their April records.
Extraordinary.
2. Toshiyuki Tsuchitori & Ryuichi Sakamoto - α / Φ (Music Differencielle 1°) - Disappointment-Hateruma (We Want Sounds, 2026)
January 18, 2026 at 3:14 PM
2. Toshiyuki Tsuchitori & Ryuichi Sakamoto - α / Φ (Music Differencielle 1°) - Disappointment-Hateruma (We Want Sounds, 2026)
I took this in Hateruma, Japan’s southernmost island, back in March :)
April 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I took this in Hateruma, Japan’s southernmost island, back in March :)
#ryuichisakamoto - #toshitsuchitori "Disappointment-Hateruma" at Resident Advisor @residentadvisor.bsky.social by Michael Lawson 🔥
"hypnotic, ethereal soundscapes and rich sonic textures."
ra.co/news/84269
"hypnotic, ethereal soundscapes and rich sonic textures."
ra.co/news/84269
Ryuichi Sakamoto's first album under his own name to be reissued · News ⟋ RA
Disappointment–Hateruma, a split release with percussionist Toshi Tsuchitori, is out on February 27th.
ra.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
#ryuichisakamoto - #toshitsuchitori "Disappointment-Hateruma" at Resident Advisor @residentadvisor.bsky.social by Michael Lawson 🔥
"hypnotic, ethereal soundscapes and rich sonic textures."
ra.co/news/84269
"hypnotic, ethereal soundscapes and rich sonic textures."
ra.co/news/84269
Unusual activity near Hateruma Island, Okinawa:
A Chinese fishing vessel appeared to guide a research vessel in Japan’s EEZ before both joined a China Coast Guard ship east of Taiwan.
Read more at NHK news:
www.ingenispace.com/ingenispace-...
#OSINT #MaritimeSecurity
A Chinese fishing vessel appeared to guide a research vessel in Japan’s EEZ before both joined a China Coast Guard ship east of Taiwan.
Read more at NHK news:
www.ingenispace.com/ingenispace-...
#OSINT #MaritimeSecurity
PRC Maritime Militia Leading Hydrographic Survey East of Taiwan — ingeniSPACE
In August, a Chinese marine research ship was observed operating within Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Hateruma Island, trailing a wire-like object from its stern.
"ingeniSPACE," a US-based...
www.ingenispace.com
September 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Unusual activity near Hateruma Island, Okinawa:
A Chinese fishing vessel appeared to guide a research vessel in Japan’s EEZ before both joined a China Coast Guard ship east of Taiwan.
Read more at NHK news:
www.ingenispace.com/ingenispace-...
#OSINT #MaritimeSecurity
A Chinese fishing vessel appeared to guide a research vessel in Japan’s EEZ before both joined a China Coast Guard ship east of Taiwan.
Read more at NHK news:
www.ingenispace.com/ingenispace-...
#OSINT #MaritimeSecurity
For those interested in learning more, I go into more detail about the shrines on Hateruma specifically in this article I wrote a little while ago:
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
Hateruma: Japan’s Southern Frontier
Since last year I have been very busy doing a lot of different things, and one of those things has been travelling around Japan, mostly to far-out places that don’t usually see that many visitors…
afkary.ae
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 AM
For those interested in learning more, I go into more detail about the shrines on Hateruma specifically in this article I wrote a little while ago:
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
I finally got thumbnails/cards working for links to my blog, so I'll take the opportunity to re-share my most recent article on my visit to Hateruma, Japan's southernmost inhabited island!
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
Hateruma: Japan’s Southern Frontier
Since last year I have been very busy doing a lot of different things, and one of those things has been travelling around Japan, mostly to far-out places that don’t usually see that many visitors…
afkary.ae
June 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I finally got thumbnails/cards working for links to my blog, so I'll take the opportunity to re-share my most recent article on my visit to Hateruma, Japan's southernmost inhabited island!
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...
afkary.ae/hateruma-jap...