🥇 #1 Most Popular
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ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort
A top-tier resort hotel facing Shiraho Coast on Ishigaki Island. With the beautiful waters known as Ishigaki Blue and rich coral reefs right outside your door, guests can experience world-class hospitality. The hotel offers an extensive range of facilities, from marine activities to a full-service spa.
🌊 Ishigaki Blue
The World's Clearest Waters
Dive Into the Ishigaki Blue
The color of the sea known as "Ishigaki Blue" is a deep, vivid shade unlike any other, and the underwater world seen through a snorkel mask feels like another dimension entirely. The hotel's dive center offers everything from certification courses to trial dives, and its private boat tours to spots with high odds of encountering manta rays and sea turtles are especially popular.
🌟 Stargazing
One of Japan's Best Stargazing Spots
Looking Up at Ishigaki's Night Sky
Ishigaki was Japan's first area to be certified as a "Dark Sky Reserve," and its night sky, blanketed in stars you'd never see in a city, is simply breathtaking. The hotel regularly hosts stargazing tours led by observatory staff, using a large telescope to view Saturn's rings and even the bands of Jupiter. Looking up at the Southern Cross under skies dark enough to see the Milky Way with the naked eye is a sight found only on Ishigaki Island.
🍽 Ryukyu Cuisine
Ishigaki Beef, Island Fish & Awamori
Savor the Flavors of Yaeyama
The hotel's restaurants showcase the island's rich bounty in full — Ishigaki beef steak, mozuku seaweed tempura, and sashimi from locally caught tuna. The creative course menus, which give traditional Yaeyama cuisine a modern twist, offer a special way to experience Ishigaki's culture through food. Pairing your meal with awamori from a local distillery or a passion fruit cocktail makes the experience even more memorable.
