VILLA UNARIZAKI — Hotel in Taketomi

I stayed at this place during my vacation in Iriomote-jima due to the scuba diving outfit that was located at the same sight. It came well-recommended from a website that I found on scuba diving in Iriomote-jima and the pictures of the location looked great. It was a little more expensive, but I am willing to pay for convenience. || Arriving there I was more than satisfied with the accommodations. The view from the villa was directly overlooking a beautiful bay and the rooms were very spacious. The room a small patios terrace that overlooked this bay and there was small pool near it in which one could cool off when the weather was too hot. Of course a Japanese-style breakfast was included in the price. ||There was only one thing that spoiled my stay here. They refused to take non-Japanese speakers on scuba diving trips. Now I have been scuba diving several times in Japan and I never had this problem before. You do not even speak underwater. I speak enough Japanese to make my understood and I was still not allowed to scuba diving with their dive company. This was only the reason that I had chosen this dive company. Nowhere on their website was it indicated that only fluent Japanese speakers are allowed on scuba diving trips. Based on this experience I can NOT recommend these accommodations and diving company t hotel...

Our stay was nice and confortable: rooms are large and well equipped, the garden is perfect for relaxation, in front of an amazing bay, breakfast is quite good even for Western tastes.||A special mention to the staff that really goes the extra mile for helping the client.||||On the negative side, the Villa is far from everything so a car is recommended. There is a bus stop at 10 min distance, but only 2-3 rides are scheduled each day. A couple of amazing beaches are within walking distance.||If you do not have a car (like us), for dinner the staff will make for you a reservation at one of the restaurants in the area, and they will drive and pick you up. They will also pick you up and drive you to the port...

I stayed here with my wife just for one night. There were a few restaurants and bars within 10-minute walk and I actually visited the bar named Next to Pineapple House, where we enjoyed at night.||I could see the Tsukigahama beach from the room. That would be good if it was fine weather, although I am sorry that it had been rainy day during our stay in Iriomote.||The room was medium sized but clean. The dinners were inclusive in our package, but we were taken to the other hotel named Il Mare, 30-second drive from our hotel, to have dinners, where the tastes of meals were fair.||The receptionists were friendly although most of them came from outside of this island. ||In total, this hotel is...