Tokashiki ferry: which boat, which time, which fare

Here is how to get to Tokashiki Island from Naha: Tokashiki village runs the public boats from Tomari Port, and each carries its own name. The Marine Liner Tokashiki is the high-speed boat, which takes 40 minutes and carries 200 people.¹ Ferry Tokashiki is the car ferry, which takes 70 minutes and carries 450 people plus vehicles and cargo.² Tomari Port is also called Tomarin and sits on Route 58 in Naha.¹⁰

Sources differ a little on the fast boat. The village gives 40 minutes,¹ while Visit Okinawa Japan gives the Marine Liner as 35 minutes.¹¹ On its ferries page the same bureau lists the express ferry at 40 minutes and the regular ferry at 1 hour 10 minutes.¹² The village is the operator. Use its figures when you plan a day, and treat the shorter number as a best case.

The boats differ in more than speed. Vehicles and cargo travel on the car ferry, and they cannot be booked online: the village asks for a call to its Naha office.¹³ The Marine Liner holds 200 people against 450 on the car ferry, and the village warns that the ferries become very crowded from June to October.^1,2,8 On a busy day that smaller boat is a good reason to book ahead.

Fares changed on 1 October 2026. On Ferry Tokashiki an adult now pays 2,200 yen one-way or 4,180 yen round-trip, and a child pays 1,100 yen one-way or 2,090 yen round-trip.⁶ On the Marine Liner an adult pays 3,300 yen one-way or 6,270 yen round-trip, and a child pays 1,650 yen one-way or 3,140 yen round-trip.⁵

Two extras are easy to miss. Adults over 16 pay an environmental cooperation tax of 100 yen per person on top of the boarding fee.²¹ The village also counts ages for fares in its own way: babies aged 0 are free, infants aged 1 to 6 ride free at 1 infant per adult, a child is aged 7 to 12 and an adult is 13 or older.²² These are the village's figures in yen, taken as it states them and not converted here.

A bicycle costs 330 yen one-way and 660 yen round-trip on the ferry, a motorcycle up to 125cc costs 650 yen and 1,300 yen, and a larger motorcycle costs 1,030 yen and 2,060 yen.²⁰ Our own day trip is priced as a package that includes the boat, so the village fares matter mainly if you plan your own crossing or want to compare.

The sea decides some days. The village updates the sailing information at 8:00 every morning and asks passengers to check its portal on the day.²⁹ The Marine Liner can be cancelled when waves are more than 3 meters, and Ferry Tokashiki when they are more than 4 meters.⁹ Departure and arrival times can also move with local events or sea conditions, and the island-side port can change.³⁵

If a service is cancelled, refunds are available.³² Reservations for suspended services are cancelled automatically and no call is needed, but if the outbound ferry is cancelled the return reservation is cancelled too, and anyone who wants to change to another ferry has to rebook both legs.³⁶ A return leg left unused for personal reasons can be refunded with a 30% handling fee.³²

A package tour handles this differently. Our listing says the day may change or be cancelled because of sea conditions, and that rain alone is not a reason to cancel. A drizzle on the Naha pier is not a cancellation. Read the weather as a question about waves and wind, and leave a day of slack either side if you have a flight to catch from Naha.