Okinawa
Okinawa offers subtropical islands with beaches and a cultural identity distinct from mainland Japan. Coastal resorts, historic sites and regional cuisine shape the experience.
Hotels in This Destination
Halekulani Okinawa stretches along one mile of protected coastline with 360 all-ocean-view rooms, five pools and cliff villas that combine private heated pools with natural hot-spring baths.
Hyakuna Garan is a secluded adults-oriented Okinawan retreat with just 17 ocean-view rooms and suites, traditional limestone architecture, rooftop open-air baths and a remarkable sense of stillness on the island’s southern coast.
Set inside Kanehide Kise Country Club above the East China Sea, The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa has emerged from a 2026 refresh with 97 rooms, a championship golf setting, treetop spa and renewed dining.
On Yakushima’s forested southeast coast, Sankara blends an adults-oriented auberge atmosphere with newly refreshed suites and villas, a sea-view infinity pool, private saunas and cuisine built around the island’s extraordinary natural bounty.
The Terrace Club Wellness Thalasso at Busena is a 68-room, age-13-plus oceanfront wellness retreat where every room exceeds 54 square meters and personalized thalassotherapy centers on a heated seawater pool drawn from Cape Busena.