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Ferries from Naha to Tokashiki, Zamami, Aka, Kume and Tonaki

Which ferries leave Naha's Tomari port for the Kerama Islands, Kume and Tonaki in Okinawa: journey times as the Okinawa tourism board states them, and when we last checked.
The Tokashiki Island ferry alongside the quay at Naha port with a road bridge overhead
Photo: Rickard Törnblad, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped (Wikimedia Commons)

Boats to the nearby islands leave from the Tomari Wharf Passenger Terminal in Naha, Okinawa, not from Naha's cruise berths. The Okinawa tourism board lists an express boat and a regular ferry for most islands, with very different journey times. Each card gives the figures as that page states them and says when we last checked.

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Ferries

Tomari Wharf, Naha Tokashiki Island (Tokashiki Port)

Operators: Tokashiki village ferries (operator named only by the village site link)

Journey time: Express 40 minutes; regular ferry 1 hour 10 minutes, as the Okinawa tourism board states.

The tourism board gives the schedule source as the Tokashiki village site, without naming the vessel operator.

Schedule checked 23 October 2026. Sources: Visit Okinawa: ferries between islands

See the tourism board page

Tomari Wharf, Naha Zamami Island (Zamami Port, via Aka)

Operators: Zamami village ferries (operator named only by the village site link)

Journey time: Express 50 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes; regular ferry 2 hours, as the Okinawa tourism board states.

The page lists Zamami Port reached via Aka Island.

Schedule checked 23 October 2026. Sources: Visit Okinawa: ferries between islands

See the tourism board page

Tomari Wharf, Naha Aka Island (Aka Port)

Operators: Zamami village ferries (operator named only by the village site link)

Journey time: Express 50 minutes; regular ferry 1 hour 30 minutes, as the Okinawa tourism board states.

Schedule checked 23 October 2026. Sources: Visit Okinawa: ferries between islands

See the tourism board page

Tomari Wharf, Naha Kume Island (Kanegusuku Port)

Operators: Kume Shosen (regular ferry, kumeline.com), express operator listed on a Japanese-language site

Journey time: Express 1 hour 30 minutes; regular ferry 3 hours, or 3 hours 30 minutes if it calls at Tonaki, as the Okinawa tourism board states.

Schedule checked 23 October 2026. Sources: Visit Okinawa: ferries between islands

See the tourism board page

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