About 1 hour and 26 minutes by car from Naha Airport. This café is located in the mountains of Nakijin Village in the northern part of Okinawa’s main island, where you can take a sauna and stay overnight. The cheesecakes and Mediterranean cuisine enjoyed on the terrace with its spectacular view are exquisite! The accommodations are also great rooms that every girl would like to stay in someday, preferably in secret.
Point 1: What is the location of the “Forest Birdhouse”?
Mori no Nive Box” is located in Nakijin Village in the northern part of Okinawa’s main island.
It takes 1 hour and 30 minutes from Naha Airport via Okinawa Expressway and Route 58, which is almost as long as it takes to get to northern Yanbaru.
Therefore, even if you have a car, you need to have a “strong will” to reach the site.
If you take a bus, you must take the Okinawa Okinawa Airport Shuttle OAS/RSL-RP, transfer to Ryukyu Bus No. 66 at Nago City Hall, get off at Daini-Yugawa, and walk (17-minute walk), or take Ryukyu Bus No. 117 bound for Naha Airport International Terminal Station and transfer to Ryukyu Bus No. 66 as well.
In any case, access is not easy since the bus involves changing buses and walking.
However, look at this spectacular view from the cafe! If you are a girl, you will want to go there, won’t you?
The spectacular view is the best reward for all the hard work it takes to get there.
Point 2: What kind of café menu does “Forest Hive” have that I am interested in?
One of the best lunch items at Mori no Hibako is the Hummus Wrap Plate (1,500 yen), which includes hummus and seven side dishes served with oat dough. The plate features carrot rapé, pickled cabbage, hummus (chickpea cachumba), and charcuterie from TESIO, an Okinawan sausage store that is dedicated to quality.
The arrangement is beautiful and colorful, and if you take a picture with the blue Nakijin ocean in the background, it is sure to be Instagram-worthy!
Even the drinks are full of originality, such as handmade ginger ale, chai, hot ginger, homemade cacao cola, and today’s smoothie (500~880 yen).
And the highly acclaimed basque cheesecake (700 yen) is so rich and smooth, that once you try it, you’ll be hooked.
Point 3: What are the hotels in the “Forest Hive” like?
Only one limited number of guests are allowed to stay at the “Forest Hive” every day. It is also a treehouse!
The interior, which was renovated with Okinawan creators from scrap wood, is a mysterious space that feels both new and modern, and nostalgic and nostalgic at the same time.
The 35㎡ rooms can accommodate up to 4 people and cost around 28,500 yen for a one-night stay. The room is fully equipped with a kitchen, bath amenities, etc. There is also a hammock.
The room is very nice and natural with a hammock, but most of all, you will be healed by the blue ocean of Nakijin outside the window.
It is good news for saunas that there is even a sauna in such a nice environment.
