Only place we found with FRESH juice in 2 weeks, and owner saved our life!
While diving in Kabira Bay, a Japanese diver told us about a great place to get fresh juice after swimming and snorkeling at Yonehara Beach.
He was right--very fresh and delicious juice, as well as sugar cane to chew on. W had trouble finding a taxi home from Yonehara Beach at 6:30 Yonehara (the place seems to shut down early and Yashiya itself is a bit remote but we walked there from the beach). The owner didn't speak English but tried to call us a taxi, and then contacted our hotel. When the hotel told us to walk home (YES!) we started to panic, until the owner offered to take us home herself. The drive was 10km and she absolutely refused any money.
Now, the juice was fresh and delicious, and we had trouble finding much fresh juice in Japan, so the place was worth it, but this woman went above and beyond and truly I will never forget the kindness of Ms. Achong and how she prevented a big disaster! Also the brown cakes are delicious.
There are some negative reviews, it looks like people being hypersenstive to how they are treated by what I presume is a different staff member than we met, but I can recommend...
Read moreSuch a fun and warm experience at Yashi-ya. We went there twice as my wife is a sugar fiend^^ The lady running the shop greeted us each time like we were friends she hadn't seen in ages. She's full of laughter and good energy. She made the sato-kibi (sugar cane) juice by running the sugar cane through a machine that squeezed the juice out. It was wonderful! If we come to Ishigaki again, we'll go see her and have another one of her amazing...
Read moreThey serve food here as well!
We had "meal of the day", which ended up being stir-fried meat, tofu and veggies with miso and rice, as well as coffee/tea and a small dessert consisting of a soft cake and a fresh stick of sugar cane. Very happy about it! The staff spoke no English, but were very friendly and we got far with pointing and gesturing and my extremely limited Japanese. It felt...
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