The main money-maker on this island - where you get buffalo tour, bicycles, info, etc
Taketomi Tourist Center的点评
点评:The minute you step off the slope of the Taketomi Port, there will be a promoter holding up a buffalo tour sign, and when you agree, direct you to a van that whisks you off to this Taketomi Tourist Center.
Once you step into the ~150sqm center, it's a little chaotic as it's just a large open hall filled with people and a guide shouting directions in Jap, which we didn't understand. Eventually we figured we gotta get tickets on the left, and the space on the right is for the Buffalo Tour guide to line up their guests in groups of ten to twelve waiting to be loaded into three carts. That's 3000yen*10=30,000jpy or 200usd*3carts per hour.
You'll also find bicycle rental on one side, lockers and small washroom on the other. A small corner of the main hall looks like a makeshift souvenir with t-shirts on shelves.
Kudos to the tourist center for digitalizing the island's map that you can get from a QR code on their main notice board (which also announces ferry and shuttle bus timings).
翻译:你一下竹富港的斜坡,就会看到有人举着水牛之旅的牌子招揽游客。如果你同意,他们会指引你上一辆面包车,把你送到竹富游客中心。
走进这个大约150平方米的中心,你会发现里面有点混乱,因为就是一个挤满了人的大大厅,还有导游用日语大声吆喝着,我们听不懂。最后我们才弄明白,应该在左边买票,右边是水牛之旅导游安排游客排队的地方,每组10到12人,然后等着上三辆水牛车。费用是每小时3000日元*10=30000日元,也就是每小时200美元*3辆水牛车。
中心一侧是自行车租赁点,另一侧是储物柜和小洗手间。大厅一角摆放着一些T恤,看起来像个临时纪念品商店。
旅游中心将岛上的地图数字化,游客可以通过主公告板上的二维码获取该地图(公告板上还会公布渡轮和班车时刻表),值得称赞。