Kouri Island, in Japan’s subtropical southern prefecture of Okinawa, has welcomed the opening of two new luxurious properties: Away Okinawa Kouri Island Resort and LOISIR Terrace & Villas KOURI.
The island, identified by Okinawan’s as “Love Island” due to its two distinctive heart-shaped rocks on Tinu Seaside and a historic native legend just like the story of Adam and Eve, is ideal for these searching for a distant and secluded getaway.
Positioned two hours north of Okinawa’s capital Naha, the small island is surrounded by dreamy emerald-green seas and is house to picturesque seashores, idyllic rural fields of sugarcane and candy potato and is well-known for snorkelling and swimming in the summertime. Accessible by way of a two-kilometre bridge from neighbouring Yagaji Island, the peaceable escape may be explored on foot or by automobile – with a full lap of the island taking solely 10 minutes to finish by street.
Away Okinawa Kouri Island Resort
Having fun with a hillside location overlooking an idyllic white sand seaside, luxurious 5-star Away Okinawa Kouri Island Resort which opened this month boasts 38 spacious boutique-style suites. Designed with the idea of encouraging guests to really ‘get away’ and luxuriate in a slower tempo of life within the resort’s pure environment, friends can select from three room sorts all geared up with kitchenettes, eco-friendly bathtubs and balconies providing beautiful seafront vistas: the Ocean View Suites which supply beautiful vistas, Star View Suites which characteristic an in-room telescope, and the deluxe Villa Suite positioned in a separate constructing with personal parking and a small backyard for additional privateness and tropical seclusion.
The resort additionally boasts an outside pool, excellent to calm down away a day while taking within the lovely postcard surroundings under. Moreover, the resort’s Relaxation La Sacro restaurant serves scrumptious Italian dishes made with domestically grown elements, nice for refuelling after exploring the island.
LOISIR Terrace & Villas KOURI
One other hillside property boasting beautiful views of the encompassing shoreline is the brand new luxurious resort LOISIR Terrace and Villas KOURI. Opened in June, the property gives 44 rooms with 4 totally different room sorts to select from: the Villa Suites overlooking Kouri Seaside and that includes each a personal infinity pool and jacuzzi; Villa Suites Common which offer charming and comfy lodging, the Terrace Maisonnettes which are perfect for households and bigger teams with two separate rooms and a kitchen, and the Terrace Suites which supply spacious residing and eating areas in addition to a kitchen.
Friends who like to calm down by the pool are additionally in for a deal with as the fashionable property is house to a 142m lengthy infinity pool in addition to a poolside café. Different amenities and companies obtainable to friends embrace tuk-tuk transfers to Kouri Seaside, ocean view eating choices, a gymnasium and a children’ playroom, making it excellent for each a pair’s romantic getaway or a seaside break with the entire household.