Our Thanksgiving trip: Part One. Yes, it was so fabulous that even though it was only three days, I still have to break it up into multiple blog posts.
A 70-minute ferry ride on Thursday morning took us out to Tokashiki Island, one of a group of islands called the Keramas, west of Okinawa.
The ferry had an area where passengers could lie down and sleep, complete with little box-pillows provided. Logan tested it out; of course, he didn’t stay there for long.
Naomi also enjoyed the extra space to wiggle. This being Japan, everyone’s shoes were removed before stepping onto the carpet area so it was really quite clean.
Logan got out to explore the boat.
Tokashiki Island on the horizon. It is about 6 miles long and 2 miles wide and almost the whole island is a national park/nature preserve. There are only three tiny “villages” on the island: the port, a beach-side community, and our hotel area.
A shuttle from the hotel picked us up at the port. The driver stopped along the road so that we could get this scenic first glimpse of our hotel.
The rooms were not elegantly decorated, but frankly you don’t come here to stay in your hotel room. I was pleased that our room had a third bed in it because it meant we didn’t have to make up a bed for Logan on the hard floor.
We lunched at the hotel right after arriving and then, while Logan and Jake napped, Naomi and I slipped out to the beach for some advance exploration. What a cute little beach baby!
We found this dragon boat at some kind of youth center site just off the hotel property.
After Logan woke up from his nap, we decided to do a little further exploring. The weather was a little iffy that first day, not the best for the beach, so we went hiking instead.
Of course, there was plenty of beauty to be seen along the way.
There were some magnificent views.
For example, this view from a lookout point, looking back towards Tokashiku Cove with our hotel on the far right hand side of the picture.
Of course we had to find a playground! It had a REALLY long, but not particularly fast, rollerslide and a large play structure.
The sun sets on our first day on Tokashiki Island. Although the weather was a little dreary that first day, it cleared right up for us the second and third days.
A foretaste of things to come!
hey, we contemplated going last year while I was pregnant and they said the hotel only had tatami mat rooms....yours clearly didn't. Where did you stay and how did you book it? If you don't mind sharing?
ReplyDeleteWell, we looked at the posts backwards - but what beauty and an amazing discovery. SO GLAD you could get away and enjoy the time together with new places to explore. Just beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteLove, Mom