Best Islands To Travel In Okinawa
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There were many flowers around houses of red tiles in Taketomi Island. The flowers looks more beautiful in this clear sky. I could see many flowers in other places such as roadsides, so here's a great place for people like flowers.
Name
Taketomi Island
Address
Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By express ferry, 10 min from Ishigaki Port Rito Terminal in Ishigaki Island.

30 minutes by ferry from Ishigaki Island, if you can see the pure white Shirahama shining in the place where the color of the sea changes, it is a phantom island. This island, which can only be reached by boat, has a beautiful view of the sea and blue sky. It is also a snorkeling spot.
Name
Hamajima, Phantom Island
Address
Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min by ferry, from Ishigaki Island

The opposite side of famous Kabira Bay. It's a beach known to only people in the know. It has the most transparent sea water in Ishigaki Island, and also many spots that make us want to take photos. This is where I always visit if the weather is fine.
Name
Kabira Bay
Address
934 Arakawa, Ishigaki-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
By bus, 40 min from Ishigaki Airport. By car, 35 min from Ishigaki Airport or 30 min from Ishigaki Port.
Parking
Free parking area is available

Stand on the beach of fluffy and powdered-sands. When you feel the breeze and sounds of southern island, the travel for only you stay away form the daily life, will start. Why don't you have a good time to gaze the beautiful sea all day long?
Name
Toguchi-no Hama Beach
Address
1352−16 Irabu Irabu-cho, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
Car: 25min from Miyako Airport, 10min from Sarahama Airport. Bus: get off at 'Dakifuga', then walk 10min.

30 min from Shin Ishigaki Airport, there's a trail between the mountains, and 15 or 20 min climb to the top! The trail was narrower than I expected, but I had a great sense of achievement when I arrived the top!
Name
Mount Nosoko
Address
Nosoko, Ishigaki-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
60 min by car from Shin Ishigaki Airport, then 20 min walk from the parking area.
Parking
Parking area is available

The beautiful blue ocean that we can't find the boundary between the sky. It's so beautiful that I never get tired of looking it for even many hours. You can find a rare beach that appears only when the tide is low. I could feel refreshed with this scenery.
Name
Shimoji Airport 17 End
Address
1727 Sawada Irabu, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
Car: 32min from Miyako Airport, 20min from Sarahama Airport
Parking
Parking area is available

This is a little-known beach near Kabira Bay. You have to go through a rattling road to get here, but the spectacular view that awaits you.
Name
Kabira Tabaga
Address
Kabira, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, JapanGoogle Map
How to get there
35 min by car, from Ishigaki Airport

Yonahamaeyama Beach is famous for the beautiful blue ocean of course, and good spot to see sunset. We can enjoy great view all day from morning to night here.
Name
Yonaha Maehama Beach
Address
Yonaha Shimoji, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
15 min by car or taxi from Miyako Airport.
Parking
Free parking area is available

Zamami Island, Okinawa Prefecture. An island full of charm. You can relax and play in the sea. It's beautiful. It's an island full of coral, sand, water, and everything else.
Name
Furuzamami Beach
Address
Zamami-son, Shimajiri-gun, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
20 min walk from Zamami Port

Very scenic road in Irabu Island! We can't meet such a straight road leading to the sea in other places except for Irabu Island. And the deep blue color at the both sides of the road makes us feel mystery of the sea.
Name
Shiratori Misaki Park
Address
Sawada Irabu, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min by car from Miyako Airport
Parking
Parking area is available

The beautiful scenery appears in front of our eyes before we cross Ikema Ohashi Bridge. You're lucky if you have a passenger seat. What's more, you can enjoy different scenery when the tide is low or high.
Name
Ikema Ohashi Bridge
Address
Hirara Ikema, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
30 min by car from Miyako Airport

Looking up at the cliff from below, it was very dynamic. It was so powerful that I thought if it collapsed. The promenade is well maintained and it is easy to go sightseeing. This is one of the spots you should definitely stop by when sightseeing in Miyakojima.
Name
Muiger Cliffs
Address
Gusukube, Miyakojima, Miyakojima-shi, Okinawa, JapanGoogle Map
How to get there
18 min by car, from Miyako Airport

Shirou Farm has some goats in aloe fields growing in the southern country's sun. The goats eat weeds. When the goats get together around the prominent boxes, what a photogenic scene we can see here!◎Parking area is available. No bathroom. You can buy aloe juice, young plants for kitchen garden. I like this aloe juice!
Name
Shirou Farm
Address
177-1 Miyaguni Ueno, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
10 min by car or taxi from Miyako Airport
Parking
Parking area is available

Belonging to the Yaeyama Islands, Yonaguni Island is the westernmost place of Japan. Sonai Port shows us various scenes of the sky and sea from morning to night. Its colorful and beautiful scenery must make you want to visit here again and again.
Name
Sonai Port
Address
Yonaguni-cho Yonaguni, Yaeyama-gun, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
5 min by car or taxi from Yonaguni Airport

Yabiji is located at the sea 5 ~ 15 kilometers northern away from Miyako-jima Island. Japan's largest coral reef which is 25 kilometers round and consisted of over 100 large and small islands. Countless tropical fish are flocking to the colorful coral reef. It's a famous diving and snorkeling spots in Miyako-jima Islands.
Name
Yabiji
Address
872-4 Kugai, Hirara, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
5 kilometers from Miyako-jima Island by boat.

Ryugujo Observatory is located at the opposite side of Maehama Beach admired as the most beautiful beach in the East. The beautiful sea gradation and so clear water that we can see even the sea bed attract people very much. The observatory is three stories high, so you can enjoy the difference of scenery from 1st floor and 3rd floor.◎25 min by car from Miyako Airport. Parking area, bathroom are available. No entrance fees. There're shops for travelers to buy souvenirs, chic cafes, and variety stores.
Name
Ryugujo Observatory
Address
Kurima Shimoji, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
25 min by car from Miyako Airport
Parking
Parking area is available

Hirakubosaki Lighthouse! It's 40 min by car from Shin Ishigaki Airport! It's must-visit place in Ishigaki Island. I like this beautiful emerald green ocean under the cliff.
Name
Hirakubosaki
Address
Hirakubo, Ishigaki-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
How to get there
60 min by car from Shin Ishigaki Airport

