Anybody hit Keramas Islands???

[0341isa]

has anybody taken a trip over to the Keramas?

THinking about hitting it up for like a one day overnight trip or something.

I've done Ike island and IE (YYY resort) they were both pretty cool.

Any comments would be apprreciated. thanks.

BTW, hotel suggestions would be appreciated too!

[TheLastDon]

http://www.vill.tokashiki.okinawa.jp/en/index.htm

[0341isa]

Thanks. After all this fact finding, I think I may be changing plans anyways. I'm thinking Yoron Island...

ANybody been there?

[DougP]

I hit the Keramas right in the taint once. :)

[P_chan]

What about Kume island? You can catch the ferry out of naha and I heard that there are some nice resorts on Kume.

http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia42/images/feature/02_01.jpg

[TheLastDon]

Yoron is alright, nothing special. Star sand beach on the one side.....uhm yeah. Little bit of different flavor than Okinawa, hard to describe. Memory is a little foggy been 13 years since I went out there.

Met this hot mainland Japanese girl diving instructor out there. She was darker than any Okinawa girl I have ever seen but her butt was lily white.:D

[0341isa]

ok, thanks P looking up Kuma right now.

[P_chan]

Some old coworkers spent a weekend at Kume and booked the resort and ferry tickets thought kadena ITT IIRC.

[0341isa]

Yeah, I don't like how sparse th ferry schedule on Yoron is. I'd like at least two times a day, so i can afford to screw up and miss the first one and not be totally screwerd ;)

So, looking at Kume, but right now its still between zamami or tokashiki. Hey, is it really even worth going in december though?

[0341isa]

ok wait... I think I have already been to Kume Island. Duhhhh. I took a day trip there. It was cool. Rented mopeds from BJ's.

[Godzilla]

Been to Yuron, it was ok. Also been to Kume and it was ok. Got drunk, went to the beach, banged some chicks. I guess it is ok if you want to get away from Okinawa for awhile. But nothing really fantastic going on there.

[SnaFu]

Yoron is really nothing special like someone said earlier. Was there about two years ago.

Izena or Iheya are pretty nice. Again nothing speacial but a lot closer and kind of like Okinawa was 30 years ago minus all the snacks and GI bars. Nice place to chill out for a couple days though.

Iheya has a pretty nice camp ground on the south end.

[P_chan]

What about Taketomi? The in laws own a soba shop/hostle somewhere on the island. You could visit ishigaki and/or Irimote and then make your way to Taketomi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taketomi

http://japan-web-magazine.com/images/taketomi1.jpg

http://japan-web-magazine.com/images/taketomi6.jpg

[0341isa]

damn dude. that looks really nice actually. I'll have to keep that place in mind.

[P_chan]

You can ride the cow cart though the sand streets.

http://okinawatime.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/taketomi-island-village.jpg


It is a very tiny island though and you do have to fly to Ishigaki first and then take the ferry to Taketomi.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=Taketomi+Japan&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FZ0scwEdlG1lBw&split=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&hq=&hnear=Taketomi+Japan&ll=24.295789,124.116669&spn=0.291637,0.676346&z=11

We had plans to go there and stay with my wife's aunt and uncle who run the soba shop/hostle I was talking about but I got PCS orders so I was never able to go. Her dad was also originally from there and I always wanted to visit. It would be an awesome vacation for me because I could dive and sit on the beach all day:thumbup:. I don't have to do a ton of stuff on vacation, I like to have a few days to just relax and do nothing.

[0341isa]

dude that place looks awesome. I know she would dig it. Unfortunately, I only have time for a one day trip thi time. Or one day overnighter I mean. Next time I have like two or three days I willl totally ue this place. thanks.

[okinwahancho]

I went there not too long ago on a snorkeling trip. Awesome underwater life. Clear water like most of the island. And not alot of people. I definately reccommend it

[onebye]

What about Taketomi? The in laws own a soba shop/hostle somewhere on the island. You could visit ishigaki and/or Irimote and then make your way to Taketomi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taketomi

http://japan-web-magazine.com/images/taketomi1.jpg

http://japan-web-magazine.com/images/taketomi6.jpg

I went their 30 years ago for my honeymoon:old: Loved that place. It might have been your in-laws place where I ate the best yaki soba on earth. Back then we have the famous hover craft that speed you thru the other surrounding islands. That all alone was fantastic.