Approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes by car from Naha Airport. This resort hotel is located on Ike Island, one of the remote islands off the coast of Uruma City in the central part of Okinawa’s main island. The cozy hotel, which can be reached in about 1 hour and 20 minutes via expressway, offers ocean views as far as the eye can see, BBQ, and contact with animals!
Point 1: How do I get to “AJ Island Resort Ikejima”?
AJ Island Resort Ikejima is located on Ikejima, a remote island off the coast of Uruma City, on the Pacific Ocean side of the central Okinawa main island.
There are four remote islands connected to Uruma City by bridges, and Ike Island is the furthest away from Uruma City. However, it takes only 1 hour and 20 minutes from the airport via Okinawa Expressway and Prefectural Routes 36, 37, and 10, surprisingly.
By bus, however, one needs to transfer to a local bus and a bus that tours the four islands, which can take nearly four hours due to poor connections and infrequent buses.
On the way to Ike Island, you can enjoy a variety of scenery from the Okinawa Expressway highway, the World Heritage Katsuren Castle, the underwater road that crosses to the remote islands, the emerald green sea of the remote islands seen when crossing the island, power spots such as Kaho Banta and Sinugudo ruins, sunflowers that bloom all year round, and many more, so you will feel like you have been sightseeing before you arrive. You will feel like you have done a lot of sightseeing before you arrive.
Point 2: What kind of hotel is “AJ Island Resort Ikejima”?
AJ Island Resort Ikejima” is a small resort hotel with a total of 86 rooms.
There are a main building and cottages. The main building is divided into standard rooms and corner suites, and seven cottages with Japanese and Western-style rooms are scattered in the northwest of the main building. The corner suites and cottages even have massage chairs!
The standard room is 36 square meters, the corner suites are 72 square meters in size, and all rooms have ocean views. The standard room is 36 m2, and the corner suite is 72 m2, all with ocean views!
There is also a hot spring called “Ikejima Onsen” where you can enjoy a panoramic view of the ocean from a private family bath (3,000 yen for 90 minutes, charged separately).
Of course, there is also the free “Kuroshio-no-yu” (Kuroshio hot spring), and the Jacuzzi in the outside bath is a semi-open-air bath with a view of the garden, making it a pleasant place to spend time!
In addition, there is a corner where you can touch goats, rabbits, and other animals in the spacious grounds, as well as children’s playground equipment, so children can enjoy the outdoors to the fullest while soaking up the sun and especially the clean air!
Point 3: BBQ is fun at “AJ Island Resort Ikejima”!
AJ Island Resort Ikebukuro has a separate restaurant, “Hi-Visu,” which offers a 90-minute “all-you-can-eat” barbecue dinner.
A smokeless roaster is used to remove excess oil so that you can enjoy healthy yakiniku.
The buffet includes roast chicken, curry, salad, and desserts such as Blue Seal ice cream, making the 3,650 yen price more than worth it!
Breakfast is a buffet, and for lunch you can enjoy yakiniku, Okinawan soba noodles, soki soba, taco rice, and jushii.
Both the rooms and restaurant have unobstructed ocean views, so you can fully enjoy the great nature of Okinawa!
