The town itself has just a couple of roads, however what an amazing couple of avenues they are! All of the houses are inherent Okinawan style, a custom that is unfortunately ceasing to exist on the bigger islands. With their red earth rooftops and watchman shisa lions standing watchfully, you may get yourself transported to an alternate time totally. You may locate not any more excellent sight in the greater part of your Okinawa goes than the bougainvillea and hibiscus blooms that totally encompass the houses in Spring.
Having delighted in the design quality of Taketomi, you can then jump (truly) into its normal marvels. Rent a snorkel from the guest focus and after that cycle, walk, or take a wild ox truck around a large portion of a kilometer north of the town to Misashi, the island's best snorkeling point. The shoreline is encompassed by coral reefs and when you enter the water, the supernatural shades of the undersea world will spring up before your eyes.
A little more than a kilometer south on the west drift lies the delightful Kaiji shoreline. It is otherwise called "Hoshisuna-no-hama" (star sand shoreline), so named in view of the star molded "sand" that aggregates there. The sand is truth be told comprised of incalculable shells broken into minor sections after some time by the tide. After a swim you may have worked up a craving. Taketomi has a few beguiling eateries, for example, Takenoko which serves a decent scope of straightforward, top notch soba noodle dishes in a delightful customary house. Subsequent to refueling, get a gift in the abutting shop; one of Taketomi's excellent mementos is a jug of star formed sand. You can likewise go to the town mingeikan (create display) for tests of customary southern Okinawan minsa, a finely woven indigo-colored fabric that will dependably help you to remember your Okinawa travel experience.
Following an entire day of touring, there ought to be simply enough time for a merited lager before traveling south to the ship terminal and back to Ishigaki. On the other hand, if the considered leaving doesn't request, there are various neighborly Bed and Breakfasts on the island. Staying will permit you to appreciate the sun going down over the town while enjoying Okinawan nourishment and maybe a musical execution from your host. All things considered, when you've discovered heaven, no one can point the finger at you for needing to wait.
Step by step instructions to get to Taketomi island: A two-hour flight from Tokyo to Naha on Okinawa island, then a 30-moment flight to Ishigaki island took after by a 10-moment ship ride from Ishigaki Port to Taketomi.
