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The Ishigaki City Hall Tourism Division å¸å½¹æ観å 課 as well as the Ishigaki City Hall International Section å½é交æµä¿ have good information in English for tourists. The International Section also employs a coordinator of international relations, fluent in both Japanese and English, who is available to assist non-Japanese tourists in local knowledge and hotel reservations. The hours for the city hall international section are excepting holidays 8:30am-4:30pm Monday thru Friday. Both the tourism division and the international section are located on the second floor. The Hirata tourist company located near the ferry terminal also has English information. Try to pick up copies of the free Ishigaki Town Guide or Yaeyama Navi pamphlets, both useful packs of information with lots of maps to show you around. Note that both are in Japanese only and any listings inside are essentially paid ads, so not everything is listed. City Hall and many restaurants, shops and lodgings usually have one or both available.
The only foreigner-friendly ATMs on the island are in the Ishigaki and Kabira post offices, open daily from 9 AM to 7 PM only and not open on national holidays.
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There is free Wi-Fi access in Euglena Mall, the covered arcade a few blocks away from the bus terminal.
There's an internet cafe in Ayapani Mall, in the arcade that's farther from the port.
There is also free internet in the public library though its only available from one terminal
Vanilla Deli, directly across from City Hall also has free internet for patrons.