Is there a direct ferry or boat to/from Okinawa and Taiwan? Any other information like cost, frequency, website, purchasing tickets, etc.
Not trying to do a visa run. Not looking for a vacation cruise which they do have. Planning to stop in Okinawa and visit friends after a vacation and catch a boat back to Taiwan as have plenty of time.
Searched here and web but can’t really find anything current.
I think there’s only Star Cruises now. The previous company 有村産業 Arimura Sangyo which ran the ferry Feilong （飛龍） went bankrupt.
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According to Wikipedia several companies including Ehime Ocean Line are contemplating operating that route (Naha-Keelung) but nothing’s happening.
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However looking at their website it looks like they do operate Keelung-Naha, but not the other way around: ehime-ocean.net/route.html
And it looks like cargo only.
Star Cruises, one return trip between Keelung and Naha per week, also stops at Ishigakijima. Fairly cheap, gambling and eating on the high seas, 3 days each way or something like that… Avoid typhoon season!