Keelung to Ishigaki Ferry: Taiwan’s Forgotten Yaeyama Stories – Snack 07
About this episode
This episode explores the stories of Taiwanese migrants in the Yaeyama Islands during the Japanese colonial era, highlighting their contributions and struggles.
To celebrate the new Yaima Maru ferry service connecting Keelung with the Yaeyama Islands , Taiwan’s nearest neighbors, we uncover stories of Taiwanese migrants there in the Japanese colonial era. On jungle-clad Iriomote Island , some suffered brutal conditions in the coal mines. On nearby Ishigaki , Taiwanese settlers helped transform the island’s agriculture. They developed its pineapple industry and also introduced water buffalo, whose descendants can be seen today pulling tourist carts.
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