Hateruma (波照間島; Hateruma-jima; Yaeyama: Patirooma, Hateruma dialect: Besїma "our island", Okinawan: Hatiruma, Northern Ryukyuan: ぱたら Patara) is an island in the Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

The primary products of the island include sugarcane, pineapple, refined sugar, and Awanami, a type of the alcoholic beverage awamori.

[citation needed] Hateruma is frequently visited by tourists from Ishigaki on day trips, as it boasts the southernmost tip of land of Japan.

In the only village, several well-preserved old houses showing the traditional architecture with a hip roof, red tiles and a shisa statue on the top can be seen.

The temperature is consistently warm year-round, with January, the coolest month, having a mean of 19.0 °C (66.2 °F) and an average low of 17.0 °C (62.6 °F).