The scholar Shin Iriomote declares that, "The agricultural foundation of Yaeyama [eight islands including Ishigaki] was laid down by Taiwanese," and no one can deny that.
日本學者西表信稱「八重山（包括石垣島在內的八座島嶼）的農業基礎，是台灣人奠定的」，這是無人能否認的。