Miyakojima Island hotellia

Plussat: Breakfast, room arrangement and staff were all excellent. I liked the quiet location and the big privacy secured by the bungalows' layout. The ocean view from the bedroom is outstanding. The place is very romantic and ideal for an escape with your sweetheart.

Miinukset: Since it is in a kind of isolated area, a "free" shuttle service to Miyako-jima town center would be welcome, because the cost of commuting to city center is not really cheap (about 5.000 yen back and forth). Also the hotel's bicycle usage should be free, because 2.000 yen/bicycle does not make any sense, considering the cost of the room. Again, a check out time at 11:00 is just to early , it should be until 13:00, a normal practice in "five stars" resorts and hotels. Moreover, the charge of 6.000 yen/hour for extending the check out is absurd, for me it is a "rip off".

Plussat: The location, the hotel staff, the kitchen chef were beyond nice and professional - one of the best hotel experiences I've ever had.

Miinukset: Hotel staff doesn't speak English or any other language. Use the Google translator app in your phone and you will get along just fine :)

Plussat: - very spacious rooms - great views - right next to beautiful beach, beach is west coast so perfect for the sunset - resort has multiple restaurants, couple shops, tennis courts etc. - lots of parking space

Plussat: Very good food at the hotel!!

Miinukset: The hotel is trying to charge me extra fees three weeks after checking out and paying in full. The beach was off limits after 6pm and beach access limited at all times. This information is written in their Japanese site but not on the English version. No explanation was given at the hotel verbally or in writing. In addition, at check in, the clerk promised to contact me later about the breakfast tickets. There was no contact from staff at all. I stayed at this hotel two years before with my Japanese wife and had an excellent experience. This time, with my kids but without my wife, the experience couldn't have been more different.

Plussat: Property located in an excellent beach, staff are friendly and bilingual

Miinukset: Mm perhaps the price, but considering the location of the resort, is not too bad ...

Plussat: Nice staff. They try to help you where they can.

Miinukset: It is very pricey. First we got into our Suite and our private pool was not heated. it was very Cold. impossible to get in there. they told us, if we wanted, a heated pool, we Need to upgrade to the royal Suite. We did that. So i Paid more than 900 a night for the royal Suite, but i did not feel like a royal. For this Money, you can get a lot better Resorts worldwide.

Plussat: service from the staffs is 10/10, and the royal suite we stayed is really big for Japanese standard

Miinukset: items for bathing can be better, modern, stylish and breakfast for western style can be improved

Plussat: Everything was perfect

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: I like the Ambience of the lobby and all of the above eating bfast with beautiful view to see

Miinukset: I was staying at the Allamanda jacuzzi the second building next to the hotel lobby and there’s no elivated way to carry all heavy luggage, using stairways si tiring

Plussat: Everything else. The pool villa lagoon suites are amazing. We upgraded to the allamanda rooms on the 4th floor, definitely worth it for the sun exposure. The 1-3 floor are shaded most of the day.

Miinukset: Having to make reservations for dinner each night was inconvenient

Plussat: The view, the staff, everything available to do. It was an amazing experience and me and my wife will definitely return again.

Plussat: The Royal Pool Suites are stunning, spacious, comfortable and well appointed. Love the range of restaurants that offered across Shigira resort... love the facilities at the nearby Mirage

Miinukset: would prefer later check out option

Plussat: Shigira Bayside Suite Allamanda was an incredible experience for my wife and me. We visited Miyakojima during our honeymoon and had a wonderful time at this resort. We were upgraded upon arrival (complimentary) to the Royal Pool Suite, and it most certainly did not disappoint. Miyakojima is a very quiet, peaceful island with not a lot to do outside of the resort, but the resort itself was wonderful so it didn't bother us at all. Highly recommend for any couple wanting to get away from the hustle and bustle of mainland for a relaxing experience down south. 5 stars!

Plussat: Standard fantastic Japanese hospitality throughout. The facilities were well appointed and the Pool Villa was absolutely stunning. Staff were super friendly and accommodating, despite our lack of Japanese.

Miinukset: A little on the pricey side, but well worth the experience.

Plussat: Very calm. Good beds and bathroom. Location, near airport. Strip mall just across the street, with restaurants and supermarket. Breakfast buffet. Mostly Japanese, but Western sélections too.

Miinukset: No closet, drawers or shelves, so can't unpack. Difficulty communicating with desk staff, very nice but speaking almost no English. Local area info in Japanese only.

Plussat: location is perfect, hotel is quite new

Miinukset: no electric bike rental

Plussat: Room is a bit wider than standard japanese hotels. Perfectly clean. Coin laundry, microwave and vending machines available. Location was ideal because you can reach any spot in miyakojima within 25min by car. Right in front of the hotel there's a mall and some restaurants.

Miinukset: Parking was 500¥ per day. I understand they make good money out of it but other hotels give you parking for free. Staff told me there was no free parking around the structure but I found plenty of parking spots where to leave the car even overnight. Room has balcony but I'd rather have a slight bigger room without balcony other than a balcony that i can't use not even to dry the beach towel as birds poop on it. Plus i saw some spider webs so I'd never open that window. Staff or cleaner tried to enter in my room (when the room has been already cleaned) but has i placed the lock they couldn't get it. So they left without saying anything or apologize. I'm sure it was just a mistake but it's never a nice thing.

Plussat: it's spacious as per the photo,

Miinukset: just a little lack of facilities, the pool ain't open/available, the house keeper didn't wash our dishes or setup the tatami beds

Plussat: Location.

Miinukset: Exterior appearance was a bit worn out, probably due for renovation.

Plussat: The location is good. The front desk staff are helper. The room is clean and tidy. The kitchen utensils are enough and good condition.

Miinukset: There is no cafe and it is a bit inconvenient.

Plussat: Not much unfortunately. We were lucky to be at the top floor so the view was really nice.

Miinukset: It is a very old building, not well maintained and very dirty. The elevators were disgusting. The blue floor carpet was now black. On three sides of the lift wall there was a badly cut and badly glued grey carpet. The smell was also quite bad. All the outdoor common parts of the building where old and dirty. The walls, the floors and the stairs all dirty. The room cleaning service was extremely bad too. Furthermore, walls had black marks, sofas had food residues in between the sitting part and the back support. The bathroom was clean but old. The air conditioning was noisy. Bad smell was coming in from the kitchen sink. But the cherry on the cake was the price. Compared to what was offered it was simply ridiculous. Avoid at all cost.

Plussat: View from room

Miinukset: Futon sheets has stain Facility asked to do clean the room and do dishes

Plussat: Very spacious appartment-room. Last floor, excellent view and extremely calm and quiet. Equipped kitchen (even though we didn't cook). We really enjoyed staying here. However, note that you do need a rent-a-car for this place. You can't walk around. It's quite far from most of the restaurants.

Plussat: Great view

Plussat: Spacious room with nice ocean view Room is well equipped Free shuttle to other resort facilities

Miinukset: No facilities or restaurants nearby. Better for self driver tourists otherwise need rely on shuttle Staff are helpful and can speak English but staff is not sufficient and we have to call staff at night requesting them to make bed (futon) for us. No meal option in hotel need take shuttle bus to breeze bay for breakfast or swimming pool

Miinukset: Anything

Plussat: First: I love quiet places for recreation and in this catagory one cannot choose a better place on this island! Just a few planes approaching the airport fly over this hotel (one about every 45 minutes), but just during daytime at night (6pm-8am) it is absolutely quiet. And here the planes are still so high in the air that they do not really disturb. The room is less than 13 sqm in size, but the space us excellently used: although there is a wardrobe closet, a safety locker, a Japanese set bathroom, a queen sized bed, a small fridge, a desk with 4 drawers with a comfortable chair there still is enough space so one does not become claustrophobic. And there is a spacy balcony (about 3.4m x 1.5m. At the Japanese public bath there are coin washing mashines and dryers, which is very convenient if one is travelling for a long time (me: 25 days). Washing powder can be bought at the small store at the reception and I was given a rope with clips to dry my clothes on the balcony. At the small store one can also buy cup noodles, crackers, sweets and t-shirts. Breakfast is excellent, if one can eat a Japanese breakfast: delicious, rice with many different toppings, filling for a whole day at the beach or bike riding or whatever one does here. Very good coffee with fresh milk, different kinds of tea and about 8 different types of fruit juices are available. The western style breakfast is a bit poor, but who wants to have a western style beakfast if Japanese is so good? Dinner food selection isn't very wide, just about 7 different choices and no western food, but just as delicious as breakfast!

Miinukset: The restaurant was closed for lunch because of low season. There is nothing around the hotel within walking distance: no shops, no restaurants, no entertainment. If one needs that (I don't) then one needs a vehicle. I had a rented bicycle with which I explored the island.

Plussat: Very nice hotel, very friendly staff, location is superb. In the hotel they have a big swimming pool that is just for divers, so you cannot swim there, but the beach is just in a 3 minute walk. Next to Marea there is a 5-star hotel that has several restaurants and a shop if need something. You can rent a bike at this hotel for around 10$ a day, but be aware of sun - it burns skin quite easy. Dozens of tropical butterflies are flying around near flowers.

Miinukset: Don't walk in forest after sunset if you're not prepared to meet frogs, spiders and snakes.

Plussat: Spotlessly clean. Helpful staff. Mahatma Beach out back behind the windbreak. Note that pool is for diving only. Thank you for your amazing hospitality!

Plussat: Great location near Hirara town. Excellent buffet breakfast. Splendid ocean views!

Plussat: Great location just in front of the port. All rooms comes with sea view. Many restaurants in walking distance. Easy access to many beaches and interesting places by car. Miyako-island has best beaches of the world.

Miinukset: Poor wifi connection. The facility seems rather old fashioned and out of date (no trouble nor difficulty throughout our 5 days stay, though). Nothing over expectation.

Plussat: Please be prepared that translators are not easily available for English. I understand totally I'm in their country, however, it would help to have someone to talk to about certain requests that were totally lost in translation.

Miinukset: The food offered in the hotel was not worth the exorbitant price. Eat elsewhere.

Plussat: Good location pleasant stay and staff. A good resort to spend s few days

Miinukset: Unfortunately there is construction work hiu gnon by the pool do for 1 day or was very noisy

Plussat: The BBQ restaurant across the street from hotel was the best part of our trip. We were turned away 2 times for reasons unknown to us but on our last night there they finally agreed to serve us. Excellent meal!

Miinukset: the beds were very firm and the noise from rooms next door could be easily heard.

Plussat: Excellent amenities, great location.

Miinukset: Prices are high for everything as expected as part of a resort, beds were hard and no English menus (very little English anywhere actually)

Plussat: Position Clean

Miinukset: Beach No english speakers No worthing the cost Small room

Plussat: Sea views

Miinukset: Lobby area No WiFi connection during stay - hotel had issues - hotel management unapologetic No bar

Plussat: Good location and hotel has very nice beach area. Staff was very nice.

Miinukset: Stayed in the Annex building. Rooms need to be updated and the bathroom had a bad smell (of urine). Terrible brown couch inside room with stains on it.

Plussat: Enjoyed the live music show

Miinukset: This hotel was very expensive but is very tired and daggy.

Plussat: The staff was excellent and very attentive and super polite. The beach was located within a 1 minute walk of the hotel and you could use all of the other Shigira hotels and their amenities even if you were not staying at that the other property. Multiple beaches within a 10 minute walk of the hotel. Get a rental car so you can explore the other islands and visit some of the other beautiful beaches.

Miinukset: Some of the facilities were not open during our stay. The outside pool bar and the inside bar was not open for service during any part of our stay. Not that we minded, but it would have been nice to have a open bar within the hotel. There was a place to get drinks right across the street though.

Plussat: Restaurant has very nice choices of local Okinawa food and good value for money.

Miinukset: Room's are a little bit old. Hotel is on the second floor and there is not elevator, so if you have a heavy luggage it is pretty tough to get there.

Plussat: Warm welcome. Big open plan guest room. Draft beer option. Washing facilities. Cute dog!

Miinukset: Male dormitory bit cramped. Warm compared to rest of house. Bunk not so comfortable but hey it's a bunk I guess. More comfy sofa in TV room needed!

Plussat: You can enjoy DRAFT BEAR Iin kitchen! It costs only 300 yen( less than Staffs were friendly and kind You can get a rental bike with 300yen for 24 h （but Miyakojima is very hot, so if you rent a bike, you needs to hydrate often) You can get a ride from airport 540yen

Miinukset: Not city center, so If you don’t have a car, it might not be convenient.

Plussat: Great value, friendly owners, cheap rental scooters.

Miinukset: Could be a lot cleaner especially communal areas.

Plussat: Private room

Miinukset: Private room is good. Domotory is soso

Plussat: The Hostel owner was very helpful. He helped us rent a car. Also would recommend asking for a pick up from the airport.

Plussat: Great facilities, staff were friendly and very helpful with not only questions about the guesthouse, but also information about snorkeling and tides. The beds were firm but comfortable, good pillows.

Plussat: Lovely guesthouse in a quiet area. Staff were very friendly also and picked us up and dropped us off at the airport no problem. Would recommend and definitely stay again if We ever returned

Miinukset: No complaints at all.

Plussat: Meg and Shu San were very friendly and helpful. Meg was able to offer lots of recommendations in the local area to explore - restaurants, cafes and activities. Would recommend to English speaking international travelers as some places on the island have limited English but Meg communicates well :)

Miinukset: Nothing we didn’t like :)

Plussat: house itself is ok,the main problem is traffic, far from everywhere, without renting a car you can hardlly go anywhere,bike rental is available but from everywhere is really far to so far, nothing other than ok. fortunately i stayed only two nights, i think one night stay is enough,won't be back to Miyakojima,

Miinukset: traffic is extremally unconvenient.

Plussat: The staff were very welcoming and helpful! Thank you.