What you’ll find
What Glass Island is known for
This Ryukyu glass studio has blown color-flecked glassware on Ishigaki for 38 years, continuing a technique that took off after WWII when artisans recycled discarded American soda and beer bottles into drinkware. Visitors can try a hands-on glassblowing session to make their own tumbler, alongside the studio's beer glasses and bubble-textured barrel glasses on sale.