3 Days Miyakojima Itinerary: Best Places to Visit in Miyakojima

Day 1 | Morning

Miyakojimakaichu Park

Ticket Price: 1000 JPY

Recommended Length of Stay: 2-4 Hours

Location: 2511-1, Hirarakarimata, Miyakojima 906-0002, Okinawa Prefecture

Miyakojima Marine Park is located on the north west coast of Miyakojima. There are observation facilities built under water, where you can watch marine fish up close, and sometimes dolphins. In addition, you can also experience coastal play facilities and get up close and personal with marine life in the touch pool.

Day 1 | Afternoon

After finishing the tour at Miyakojimakaichu Park, you can head to Kikunotsuyu, the most worth visiting place around the corner.

Kikunotsuyu

Ticket Price: 1771 JPY

Recommended Length of Stay: 1-2 Hours

Location: 591-1, Gusukube Bora, Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture

The Miyakojima Sea Treasure Museum has collected a lot of Japanese characteristics, and you can see rare marine creatures and pearls, and the number of specimens is still very large.

Day 1 | Evening

Looking for a bed nearby after finishing your journey at Kikunotsuyu? Ocean's Resort Villa Vorla is one of your top choices.

Ocean's Resort Villa Vorla

Ocean's Resort Villa Vorla <Miyakojima> is located in Miyakojima and takes about 34 minutes by car from Hirara Port, near Island Works and Miyakojima Sea Treasure Museum. It takes about 20 minutes to Miyako Airport by car. Free WiFi is available in the guest rooms. The hotel also has a home delivery service counter.Guests may borrow desk lamps at no additional charge (please inquire at the front desk for details). Facilities include a communal bath, and a sauna. The hotel possesses 46 rooms.

Day 2 | Morning

Cape Higashi-Hennazaki

Opening Hours: Open 24 hours

Ticket Price: Free

Recommended Length of Stay: 1-1 Hours

Location: Okinawa-ken, Miyakojima-shi, Gusukube

A beautiful cape located in the southeast of Miyakojima, the cape that stretches out to the sea for about 2 kilometers is known as a representative sightseeing spot of the island. Secondly, it is also known at home and abroad because of the triathlon cycling competition held here every April. From the lighthouse at the end of the headland, there are views of the sea and the headland.

Day 2 | Afternoon

After finishing the tour at Cape Higashi-Hennazaki, you can head to Miyako-jima, the most worth visiting place around the corner.

Miyako-jima

Opening Hours: Open all day

Ticket Price: Free

Recommended Length of Stay: 3-3 Hours

Location: Miyako-jima, Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan

Miyako Island is the main island of the Miyako Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean about 300 kilometers southwest of Okinawa Main Island, Okinawa Prefecture. The island is composed of raised coral reefs, so the whole island is relatively low. The water is clear and suitable for various marine sports including diving. Here, triathlon competitions are held in early summer each year, and professional baseball camping events in the spring are also quite famous. The most famous attractions on the island are East Heian Nagasaki, West Heian Nagasaki, Sand Mountain Beach, Forehama Beach, Ueno German Culture Village, Miyako Island Sea Treasure Museum, Miyako Traditional Craft Research Center and so on. To visit these attractions, you generally choose to take a taxi or rent a car by yourself. There are seven small islands around the island. Among them, Ikema Island and Raijima Island are connected by a bridge. You can rent a car or bicycle to enjoy sightseeing. Cape Nishi Heian is located at the northern end of the island, where the view is wide and you can look into the distance. At the eastern end of the island, in the area of the famous East Ping'an Cape, strange rocks and rocks stand on the sea surface of coral reefs, and the scenery is refreshing and pleasant. Irabu Island and Shimoji Island: About 10 minutes by high-speed boat or 25 minutes by ferry from Miyakojima Heira Port. There are gray-faced eagles, a migratory bird of the Eagle family, which flies every October, the ferry beach with powdery beaches, and the Sawada seaside, which is famous for its unique scenery of huge rocks scattered in the shallow sea. Ikema Island: It is connected with Miyako Main Island by the 1425-meter-long Ikema Bridge, and it is about 35 minutes' drive from Miyako Airport. Ikejian Island has a radius of 10 kilometers. You can drive around the island for a week to see the old port scenery, ancient houses on the coastline, unknown beaches, and buy "dried bonito", a local specialty. Raima Island: Located 1.5 kilometers southwest of Miyako Island, it is connected to Miyako Island by a 1690-meter-long Raima Bridge. It is about a 20-minute drive from Miyako Airport. The coral reef island has a radius of 9 kilometers. The opposite side is Maehama Beach. On the right is the Ryugu Observatory, a popular attraction overlooking the Raima Bridge. The local Nagama seaside is famous for its beautiful sunset. Tarama Island and Mina Island: About 67 kilometers from the western end of Miyako Island, about 2 hours by Taramayu ferry from Hira Port of Miyako Island. Rent a boat from Tarama Island to Minna Island for about 20 minutes. There is an airport on Tarama Island, and RAC (Ryukyu Air Commuter) has flights from Miyako and Ishigaki to the island. Tarama Island and Mina Island are islands in Okinawa Prefecture with the most preserved corals. There are many sugarcane fields and cattle herding scenery on Tarama Island, and the windbreak forest and blessing forest on the island are quite spectacular. You can see the whole island from the Yaeyama Observatory. Dajin Island: Located about 1 km north of Miyako Island, you can take a ferry from Miyakojimajiri Port to Dajin Fishing Port. There are currently about 50 residents on the island.

Reviews from Real Guests:

Trip.com User: The Ryugu Jo Observatory is very good with a good view. Irafusui is also the best❗️

เที่ยวไปเรื่อย: Very beautiful, so beautiful and very good 1

Day 2 | Evening

Looking for a bed nearby after finishing your journey at Miyako-jima? Shigira Bayside Suite Allamanda is one of your top choices.

Shigira Bayside Suite Allamanda

Miyakojima Public Market is a public market that has shops selling vegetables, some souvenir shops with a Family Mart along the road. It is a nice walk in this small town near Shigira Bayside Suite Allamanda. There are a few cafeterias where you can have some drinks and buy ice creams. It also has some restaurants that are not busy. The street has a lot of vending machines selling cans, snacks, and bottled drinks everywhere. A delightful place to get all your necessities.

Day 3 | Morning

Yonaha Beach

Opening Hours: Open 24 hours

Ticket Price: Free

Recommended Length of Stay: 1-2 Hours

Location: Yonaha Shimoji, Miyakojima-shi

Located in the southwest of Miyako Island, its vast beach stretching about seven kilometers is famous for its fine white sand. The beach is across the sea from Kurima Island, in front of the Tokyu Resort. In addition, it is also famous overseas for being the swimming division of the triathlon competition.

Day 3 | Afternoon

Ueno German Culture Village nearby is the top choice before you leave Yonaha Beach and hit the road.

Ueno German Culture Village

Opening Hours: Open on Mon,Wed-Sun,9:00am-6:00pm

Ticket Price: Free

Recommended Length of Stay: 2-2 Hours

Location: 775-1 Uenomiyakuni, Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture

In 1873, in 1873, the residents of Miyako Island rescued a group of German sailors who were in distress, and Germany built the Fraternity Monument as a token of gratitude, and the theme park has since been built. In the park, there are Marksburg City (Bo Ai Memorial Hall), KINDERHAUS with the theme of German fairy tale world, underwater sightseeing boat Bo Ai Bi Hai Qing Tian, restaurant, Bo Ai PALACE hall, etc.

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