Ilmare Unarizaki

The reception staff were very friendly & helpful. They helped us organise alternative kayak & snorkeling trip. When our kayak trip was cancelled due to bad weather and booked some nice local restaurants for us.

The views were spectacular. The beach in front of the hotel was lovely to swim at and the water was nice and warm (May). The beach around the corner by the view point was gorgeous. The staff were extremely helpful. They gave us great recommendations for snorkelling and kayaking tours, advice on restaurants, directions, bus service and booked our reservations. Free pick up service from/to ferry. They spoke limited English and we spoke no Japanese (just a few pleasantries) but they used a translator on their phone to work out what we wanted. Nothing was too hard. There is a dive shop there which does boat tours out to the dive spots. You can also hire an SUP.

The hot water took a while to come through - be patient and only turn on the hot tap until the water heats up. There is no conditioner for your hair in the bathroom. They did have shampoo and bodywash.

Some of the personnel was good at English and tried to help us.

There was a lot of things, that we would have liked to know before coming here. We were the only ones in the ferry terminal that was not picked up by their hotel, because we had to figure out ourselves to arrange that beforehand. They did not tell us in advance, and there is no taxi on the island. The hotel does not really outline that if you don’t have a diving license, then they actually have no activities on the hotel for you. They only offer diving for people who already have a license. There is no beach within 5 minute of walking, we had to walk 25 minutes to a good beach. The breakfast did the job, but not something to remember. The hotel rooms was very outdated and not so comfy as the pictures show.

Amazing view from the window on the sea, which was one of the main reason for me to stay in that hotel. I love that area. The building is a bit old and far away from the port (Uehara) (45 min walk) and restaurants. There is a bus running 4 times a day; otherwise the best option is to rent a car, there is no place to rent a bicycle, the closest in Uehara, no electric bicycles; no stores around to buy food. Wonderful park nearby to watch sunsets and a beach with star-shape sand (hoshizuna beach). Very nice staff.

Very nice location