Kabira Bay Stargazing Photography Tour: Private Night Sky Experience with Certified Guide

Experience a private night sky photography tour in Kabira Bay, away from the city lights. Our certified guide will help you capture stunning starry photos and explain constellations in English.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kabira Bay - While other stargazing tours are conducted near the city center, resulting in fewer visible stars due to city lights, our tour takes place in Kabira Bay. This renowned sightseeing location is ideal for stargazing, being approximately 30 minutes away from the city center. Our tour includes complimentary private transportation, allowing…
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information

(This tour requires a minimum of 2 participants)
A photographer, certified as a Starry Sky Sommelier®, will capture your image against a stunning starry sky backdrop while providing insights into the constellations. Enjoy a top-notch therapeutic experience beneath the stars.
In 2018, Ishigaki Island was recognized as Japan’s first International Dark Sky…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Anh
Aug 30, 2025
AMAZINGG - I wanted to see the stars on a remote island with my fiancé. And it was such a pleasant experience. We did not regret it. We got picked up and brought to the top of a peak point and were able to see a vast sea of stars. It was incredible, I usually take my camera to do Astrophotography but the owner took pictures for us with the stars in the background and it exceeded my expectations how the stars looked at the peak. The photos turned out incredible. 10/10 I would do this again
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133rebeccax
Aug 27, 2025
Stargazing in Ishigaki is a must - Awesome view from the beach. The milky way was incredibly good looking from there. Saito even prepared mosquito spray for us. He also had laser to better show us the constellation he was talking about. Pick up included. All in all great experience. He took dozen of photos and they came out very good.
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Sherpa64470672847
Jul 19, 2025
- Thank you for the wonderful photos! He even taught me how to explain the stars and take pictures on my iPhone, and it was a wonderful time! I am very satisfied ☺️
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こしせけ
Jul 19, 2025
Starry sky photo - They worked so hard on different shooting methods and took so many amazing photos! I also enjoyed the star commentary!!!
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Rkh977ra
Jul 19, 2025
- Thanks to Nagi Beta who can read the movement of clouds and think about the time of day, I was able to see the starry sky that I had hoped for! How do you know so much about the stars? It was so much fun to explain the star in such a way that we asked the question ‘What is this?’ I had no idea how to pose for a picture, so you gave me some advice. It was enough to satisfy me with the first photo, and all of the photos were lovely and inspiring. Thank you so much for the wonderful experience and wonderful photos!
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Radix_h
Feb 4, 2025
Photoshoot Under the Stars! - Saito was the reason I decided to bring my lady to Ishigaki Island and propose to her there. We ran into a couple nights of tough cloudy weather, but thanks to Saito's flexibility we managed to pull it off the night before we were scheduled to leave Ishigaki. The skies of Ishigaki are truly starry, Kabira Bay is the ideal spot for a photo shoot, and Saito is a great and cool photographer. It's an experience that my fiancée and I will never forget. I plan to come back to Ishigaki in the future to do another photo shoot with my lady and at least a little one. Hopefully Saito is still around doing the photo shoots then, I really appreciate the photos he took and the work he did to make the experience possible!
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Jun_w
Oct 17, 2024
Starry sky, a unique experience - We are a family of four visiting Ishigaki from China. We stayed on the island for three nights, and the weather finally became clear the last day. We booked the tour for starry night through Viator, and the schedule was changed due to the poor weather the day before. Saito was our guide again (I wrote an early review for the sightseeing tour), picking us at the hotel around 10:30 pm. He spent some time to find a dark place suitable for photography without blockage of clouds. It was quite amazing looking up the sky! Saito was a professional photographer and took some amazing pictures, which was not possible to do using our cell phones. He also used Google translator to introduce us some interesting facts about the galaxy and stars. I recommend to book this tour if you come to Ishigaki. The tour company won't charge you if the tour fail to take place due to the weather.
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From $82
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).