Paiguru & Pikarya are two mascots of the Yaeyama Islands District celebrating the opening of the New Ishigaki Airport that occured on March 7th, 2013. The major improvement over the previous facility is the longer 2000m runway. Paiguru the Bird (ぱいーぐる) is the new airport's mascot while Pikaryaa (ピカリャ) the cat is the mascot of neighboring Taketomi Town in the island of the same name.
