About 2 hours drive from Naha Airport. It is a petit hotel located in the mountains of Higashimura on the Pacific Ocean side of the northern part of Okinawa’s main island. This is a stylish yet physically and mentally friendly hotel where you can experience nature in a different way from sightseeing tours.
Point 1: Is it very difficult to get to “Yanbaru Wild Grass Inn”?
Yanbaru Wild Grass Inn” is located in the mountains of Higashimura on the Pacific Ocean side of the northern Okinawa main island.
It takes two hours to get there from Naha Airport, making it quite an inaccessible area, but that is the only reason you can experience nature in a way you have never been able to before.
First, from the airport, you drive north on the Okinawa Expressway, then cross the main island of Okinawa via Route 58 and the Kunigashira-Higashi Route.
After two hours of driving, you will finally arrive at a parking lot near the inn.
There is no bridge, and we have to cross the river by stepping on paving stones in the river. Therefore, if the river rises, check-in and check-out may not be possible.
This is why the website says, “Please come in a trekking style, like a backpack, if possible.
I didn’t realize that there are places like this even in the world of 2025!
By the way, it also said, “Please come while the sun is as high as possible. This seems to be because there are no street lights in the surrounding area.
Point 2: What are the rooms like at “Yanbaru Wild Grass Inn”?
Opened in 2019, the rooms at Yanbaru Wild Grass Inn are quite natural in taste.
The exterior is a single-story house in the forest. Yes, it is an inn where only one person per day can stay.
Not too big, not too small, but reasonably spacious (55 m2), it has a living room and kitchen with a large natural table, a bedroom decorated with white fabrics, and a bathroom with a stylish bathtub.
The bedroom window pushes outward to let in natural breezes.
The kitchen and living room also have plenty of windows to let in plenty of light.
But the inn’s natural taste is not limited to its exterior and interior design.
There are only the sounds of insects and birds. As you stay here, you will notice that you are no longer looking at your phone, so you can fall asleep naturally.
You can’t help but feel the sky, the clouds, the blessings of the earth, and the power of the land, which you are usually not aware of.
Point 3: What are the unique amenities of “Yanbaru Wild Grass Inn”?
The amenities at “Yanbaru Wild Grass Inn” are also different from those at ordinary hotels.
First, the welcome drink is a homemade “Yanbaru Wild Plant Enzyme Syrup. This syrup is made from only local wild plants picked around the time of the full moon, when the energy of plants on the ground is high, and dragon fruit and beets are also added to give it a natural red color. It is also said to be full of anthocyanins and polyphenols.
Amenities such as toothbrushes, towels, and cotton swabs are provided, but they ask guests to bring what they normally use for the sake of the earth’s environment.
In the bathroom, instead of commercially available shampoo, body soap, and bath salts, there is a natural salt and rosemary vinegar.
Please take this opportunity to try the “salt bath,” which is a natural moisturizer that can be dissolved in hot water and massaged into the skin, and the hair washing with rosemary vinegar, which also has hair-nourishing effects.
Also, when the water lilies are in bloom in the pond in front of the inn, you can pick some and float them in the bathtub to enjoy their fragrance.
In this way, “Yanbaru Wild Grass Inn” is a wonderful inn where you can experience things that you cannot at a typical large hotel.
If you wish, you can order unique meals using Okinawan ingredients and wild plants.
The occasional yoga and enzyme-making workshops are also interesting.
