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TaketomiIsland Garden Asahi

A hearty lunch at a long-established Restaurant on the island

Located near the West Pier, this long-established Restaurant has been in business on TaketomiIsland for 30 years. You can enjoy Yaeyama soba, rafte-don (rice bowl with vegetables), and other dishes. The most popular menu is "Asahi A Set". It is a hearty menu of handmade dishes such as fried shrimp, hamburger steak, and fried chicken meat, served on one plate with rice and mini salad. The crispy, savory fries and fluffy, juicy hamburger steak are very satisfying. The mini Yaeyama soba (buckwheat noodles) is served instead of soup, which is also a nice point.

Enjoy island time in a bright restaurant where island folk songs are played.

A seersucker sits on the red-tiled roof, and the garden is well kept and beautiful. The atmosphere typical of TaketomiIsland makes you feel excited even before you enter the restaurant. Inside the spacious and bright restaurant, folk songs of the island are played and pictures and photos of animals and plants are displayed. Visitors are welcomed with hospitality typical of TaketomiIsland. The restaurant offers a wide variety of rice dishes such as "Okinawa Agu Curry," "Taco Rice," and "Rafty Rice Bowl," and the "Soki Soba with Tender Soki Bone" is also popular. The soba noodles are available in several sizes, such as "Children's Soba" and "Yaeyama Soba (Small)," so it is recommended for customers with children.

TaketomiIsland Garden Asahi

• 163-1 Taketomi, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa MAP
• 10 minutes by bicycle from Taketomi Port
• 11:00-15:00, 18:00-21:00
• Closed on weekends and holidays
• 0980-85-2388
• Free of charge
• Free bicycle parking available

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Dining Area Kanifu

A wide variety of menu focusing on island ingredients and homemade products.

Located near Taketomi Post Office, this is the largest Dining Area on the island. You can enjoy hearty dishes made with local ingredients and handmade. While the set menus and "Yaeyama Soba" are available, "Misaki Beef Hamburger Steak & Shrimp Fry Set with Tiger Prawns from TaketomiIsland" is especially popular. You can enjoy the fluffy hamburger steak made from Misaki beef from Ishigaki Island and the rich sweet taste of prawns from the island. There is also a set menu recommended for vegetarians with fried seafood such as gurukun (white fish) caught in the nearby sea, deep-fried soaked island vegetables, and deep-fried island tofu on one plate.

Relax in the spacious restaurant with the warmth of wood

All dishes are carefully prepared by hand, down to the sauces. The "Island Vegetable Curry" is a fun way to encounter rare island ingredients such as adan tempura and pea palm leaves. The "Soki Soba" with tender meat on the bone is also recommended, and is also available in children's sizes. A la carte dishes and shaved ice are also available, so why not stop by during your cycling break? The restaurant is marked by a Ryukyuan architecture building with many Shi-sa welcoming you. You can also enjoy taking pictures with the creative seers with fun expressions.

TaketomiIsland Dining Area Kanifu

• 494 Taketomi, Taketomi Town, Yaeyama County, Okinawa MAP
• 10 minutes by bicycle from Taketomi Port
• 11:00-15:30 (LO.15:00)
  18:00-20:30 (LO.20:00)
• Closed on weekends and holidays
• 0980-85-2311
• Available

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Soba Restaurant Takenoko

A long-established soba restaurant in business for 45 years, dedicated to Yaeyama soba

Located near the West Pier, this long-established Yaeyama soba restaurant was established in 1975. The most popular dish is "Soki Soba" topped with tender Soki. The soup is delicious and you will want to eat it all. The soba soup is made from chicken bones and tonkotsu (pork bone) and cooked over wood. The pork used in the "Soki Soba" and the "Sanmaichiku Soba" is also carefully prepared over a long period of time. You can feel the care that has gone into every aspect of the restaurant. The flavor of the broth can be enhanced by applying "piyashi" (island pepper), which was passed down from the previous generation's grandmother.

Relax in the atmospheric Ryukyuan architecture

The red-tiled roof gives the restaurant a cute appearance. The warmth of the wood gives the restaurant a warm feeling, as if you are at your grandmother's house on the island. There are six table seats and counter seats, and we recommend using the terrace when the weather is nice. In addition to soba, a snack menu is also available. Juicy," Okinawan-style cooked rice, contains chopped leaves of "pea palm," the ingredient of island pepper, and has a spicy aroma. Since it is a popular restaurant, the menu may close when the soba noodles run out. It is best to come with plenty of time to enjoy your visit.

Soba Restaurant Takenoko

• 101-1 TaketomiIsland Taketomi, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa MAP
• 8 minutes by bicycle from Taketomi Port
• 10:30-15:00 (close when soba is sold out), 18:30-21:00 (L.O. 20:00)
  Reservations required for evening hours (same-day reservations only).
• Open irregularly (check the website)
• 0980-85-2251

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Haa-Ya NagomiCafe

Enjoy cafe menu and island cuisine in a pop store

This popular café is located near the Nagomi Tower. Popular lunch items include taco rice, taco omelet with taco rice inside, and the classic Yaeyama soba. There are also about 15 different dishes on the menu that are uniquely Okinawan. The "Island Vegetable Curry" is made from a variety of freshly picked vegetables that are full of life and vitality from the islands, such as nigana and naganegusa picked in front of the restaurant, as well as island pumpkins, eggplants, and papayas. The spiciness is moderate so that even small children can eat it. Vegetables are used as they are available on the day, so you can enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The only place on the island where you can enjoy the view of the village from the second floor

It is the only store on the second floor in TaketomiIsland, and the red-tile-roofed village spreads out outside the window. From the outside, it looks like a private house, but once you go up the stairs and enter the entrance on the second floor, you will find a bright space. Formerly a guest house, the owner's daughter and her husband handcrafted the interior and converted it into a café. The plaster walls and the unfinished concrete ceiling show the attention to detail throughout. The wide variety of desserts and smoothies make it a perfect place to take a break during cycling.

HaaYa nagomi-cafe

• 379 Aza Taketomi, Taketomi Town, Yaeyama County, Okinawa MAP
• 14 min. walk from Taketomi East Port
• 11:00-17:00 (Meal L.O.16:00) (Drink L.O.16:30)
• Closed on weekends and holidays
• 0980-85-2253
• None

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Cafe tedun Shidameikan

Original menu using island ingredients

Dining Area is located in the center of TaketomiIsland's village. There are open-air terrace seats and tatami room seats, and you can feel the wind of the island. The popular "rafte-don" is a perfect combination of slow-cooked pork and miso-based sweet and spicy sauce. It is a delicious dish that melts in your mouth. For lunch, there are 10 types of rice dishes and soba noodles, and shaved ice and ice cream are also available. The specialty "Taketomi Soba" with rafte and island-grown long-life grass on top of soba is a menu item that can only be found here. Original dishes such as "Mozuku Soba" topped with island-grown mozuku seaweed are also popular.

Enjoy lunch in an open-air island diner while feeling the breeze

The owner's homemade dishes are well-reputed, and the "Taco Rice" is all handmade, from the taco meat. Yaeyama Soba" is also carefully prepared from the soup stock. The simple Yaeyama Soba is actually the most time-consuming dish. The gentle taste of the broth is soaked into the soba.
The store has a peaceful island-like atmosphere, with locals taking their time and a large seersucker sitting in the store. The name of the restaurant, "Shidame" means "snail" in the language of TaketomiIsland. It is a comfortable restaurant where you can spend your time in a relaxed atmosphere.

Cafe Thedun Shidameikan

• 361 Taketomi, Taketomi Town, Yaeyama County, Okinawa MAP
• 8 minutes by bicycle from Taketomi Port
• 11:00-14:30 (L.O.), 18:30-20:00 (L.O.)
• Closed on weekends and holidays
• 0980-85-2239
• None
• Reservation priority at night

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Cafe utsu-rya

The dining room of the guest house has been turned into a café. Enjoy freshly baked pizza and pasta.

A café-restaurant that operates irregularly in the dining room of Uchimorisou, a guest house run by a third generation couple, is popular for its warm hospitality. At the café, you can enjoy the owner's freshly baked pizzas and pastas. You can choose from several kinds of pasta and pizza. The pizzas are thinly baked and crispy. The menu changes with the seasons, such as the cream pasta with seekwerser in summer. There are also Okinawan-style dishes such as "chanpuru," which is served at the guest house.

The restaurant was renovated in 2019 and has a warm wooden interior.

Uchimori-sou has been loved as a guest house for over 40 years. Utsuriya" means the owner's family name "Uchimori" in the language of TaketomiIsland, and was reopened in 2019. It is built in Ryukyuan architecture in accordance with TaketomiIsland's townscape ordinance. After taking off your shoes, you will feel the comfortable feeling of smooth wood and the open ceiling inside the store. Books on the island's history and culture are on display, and you will be tempted to pick up a book. You can spend a relaxing time at this hole-in-the-wall café popular among islanders.

Cafe utsu-rya

• 490 Taketomi, Taketomi Town, Yaeyama County, Okinawa MAP
• 15 minutes by bicycle from Taketomi Port
• No
• 11:30～14:30 (L.O.)
• Closed on weekends and holidays
• 0980-85-2255
• None

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Cafe Fabura [closed

Enjoy authentic Western-style lunch in a guest house diner

This café-restaurant operates irregularly in the dining room of the Shochiku-so guest house. The owner, a native of the island who has worked for many years in French Restaurants and hotels, opened the restaurant several years ago. You can enjoy an authentic Western-style menu. The one-plate lunch consists of a meat, fish, and vegetable dish on a single plate, served with soup and bread baked in the restaurant. Coffee or tea is served after the meal. You can also enjoy pasta dishes such as tomato cream pasta using prawns from TaketomiIsland and peperoncino using peyashi, a vegetable grown on the island.

Taste freshly baked bread once a week on "Bread Day".

The inn has a typical TaketomiIsland entrance with beautiful bougainvillea. Lunch is served in the inn's dining room, so you can spend time as if you were staying at an island house. Lunch hours are irregular, so please call in advance to confirm.
Cafe Fubura also sells bread baked in the store every Thursday. This is the only place in TaketomiIsland where you can buy freshly baked bread once a week, so why don't you come and visit?

Cafe Fubura

• 484-1 Taketomi, Taketomi Town, Yaeyama County, Okinawa MAP
• 10 minutes by bicycle from Taketomi Port
• No
• 11:30-14:30 (Every Thursday bread day: around 13:00-18:00)
• Open irregularly (currently only islanders can make reservations.)
• 0980-85-2257
• None
• Due to infection control measures, lunch is currently available only to island residents and reservations are required. Anyone can enter on Thursday bread days.

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Dining Area Yarabo

Yaeyama soba noodles at the oldest restaurant in TaketomiIsland

A long-established soba noodle shop located at the edge of the west village. Although it is not well known due to the fact that it does not actively advertise, it has been loved by the islanders for many years. The soba with plenty of prawns from TaketomiIsland is exceptionally tasty, with the umami of the prawns added to the robust broth. The prawns are cultivated on TaketomiIsland and are prepared for Yarabo's prawn soba. The period of time they can serve it depends on the amount of prawns harvested. The volume of the dish is generous, as the owner hopes that customers will eat a lot of it.

Warm interior with handmade furniture and accessories

Simple Yaeyama soba and long-cooked Soki soba are also popular. yarabo's Yaeyama soba, which has been served since 1973, is a delicious dish with a pork bone broth base combined with bonito stock and island soy sauce. The island pepper piyayashi is prepared with a little bit of a rough chop.
Yarabo" refers to the terihaboku tree used for windbreaks on the island. Inside the restaurant, there is a table that looks like a stump made of Yarabo wood. Other handmade accessories line the walls of the store, giving it a warm and welcoming atmosphere. It is open irregularly, but if you are free, you should visit the store.

Dining Area Yarabo

• 107 Taketomi, Taketomi Town, Yaeyama County, Okinawa MAP
• 10 minutes by bicycle from Taketomi Port
• No
• 11:30 - 15:00 (close when soup is gone)
• Open daily (currently limited due to infection control)
• 0980-85-2268
• None
• Restrictions apply due to infection control measures. Must be confirmed before entering.
  (Wear a mask before and after meals, plastic masks are not allowed, no more than 4 adults, no videos may be taken.
  They have strict precautions to protect islanders, waitstaff, and Yaeyama's medical care.)

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HOSHINOYA TaketomiIsland

Immerse yourself in island time amidst a townscape that retains the original landscape of Okinawa.

TaketomiIsland is a small island with a circumference of 9.2 km formed by rising coral reefs. Ryukyu red-tiled streets, paths of pure white coral sand surrounded by hand-piled stone walls, clear blue sea and sky. The sound of sanshin (three-stringed guitar) being played by someone else and the island time are flowing slowly.
Guest rooms at HOSHINOYA Taketomi Island are one-story wooden structures that follow the traditional architecture of TaketomiIsland, with a shisa watching over the roof. All the porches face south, allowing a pleasant southerly breeze to blow through. For meals, please enjoy "Ryukyu Nouvelle," a French-style meal with ingredients unique to Okinawa. Please enjoy the surprising taste.

HOSHINOYA TaketomiIsland

• Taketomi Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa MAP
• 8 min. by free shuttle from Taketomi Port
• 0570-073-066（Reservation for accommodation 9:00-20:00 )
• None

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Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Kohamajima

A remote island beach resort with a private atmosphere

The resort hotel is located on Kohamajima, the Yaeyama Islands, the most southwestern tip of Japan, about 25 minutes from Ishigaki Island by regular high-speed boat. There are only 60 Guest rooms on a site of approximately 360,000 tsubo. The small size of the hotel gives it a private feel, and you can spend a relaxing time without crowding anywhere. You will feel as if you have the white sand beach and the emerald green ocean view on the property all to yourself. Please enjoy an elegant holiday that only a remote island can offer.

Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Kohamajima

• 2954 Kohama, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa MAP
• About 10 minutes from Kohama Port by free shuttle bus
• 050-3134-8093（RISONARE Reservation Center/9:30-18:00)
• Available

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Hoshino Resorts Iriomote Hotel

Jungle resort on the island where the Iriomote wildcat lives

This resort hotel is located in Iriomote Ishigaki National Park, about 45 minutes from Ishigaki Island by regular high-speed boat, and opened in October 2019. Hoshino Resorts Iriomote Hotel is located in one of the Yaeyama Islands at the most southwestern tip of Japan. Surrounded by a sea of coral reefs and 90% covered by jungle, this subtropical island is also known as "the last unexplored region in Japan" because of its rare flora and fauna, including the Iriomote wild cat, a special natural treasure. Please spend a healing moment becoming one with the workings of nature through outdoor activities that allow you to fully enjoy the great nature of Iriomote Island, rare ecosystems, and tours that bring you into contact with the island's culture.

Hoshino Resorts Iriomote Hotel by Hoshino Resorts Iriomote Hotel

• 2-2 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa MAP
• 10 minutes from Uehara Port by free shuttle bus
• Available