Kerama Islands

慶良間諸島

An hour or less by boat from Naha's Tomari Port, the Keramas have water clear enough to earn its own name, Kerama blue. Humpback whales come to calve offshore through the winter, and the villages go quiet once the last ferry leaves.

5 islands4 towns9 beaches10 stays

TownsBeachesStaysContours every 20 m on land; depth lines at the drop-offs

Photo ja:User:Si-take. · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 and others, credited in the gallery

Bridges and ferries

Islands島

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A hawksbill turtle glides over branching coral off Aka with its front flippers spread wide in clear blue water

Soft morning light falls on a still blue sea seen from a green hill on Aka, where a white beach curves toward two small wooded islets

A ferry sits at Aka Port below a wooded hill on Geruma, and the curved Aka Ohashi bridge crosses the blue channel between the two islands

Bright blue damselfish dart around small coral heads on a sandy patch of reef in the shallows near Aka

Aka-jima

Kerama

snorkelling, diving

The low Geruma Bridge crosses a calm green channel from Geruma toward a wooded islet, and white sand edges the shore on both sides

The red-tiled roof of the old Takara house on Geruma rests on wooden posts behind a coral-stone wall, and dense green trees rise beyond it

The concrete arches of the Aka Ohashi carry the road from Aka Port across to the green hills of Geruma under a cloudless sky

Geruma-jima

Kerama

deer watching, cycling from Aka

Bright blue water fills a bay on Tokashiki where coral shows dark through the shallows and a pale beach curves under green hills

Dive tanks and gear crates sit on the bow of a boat anchored in bright blue water off Tokashiki near two rocky islets

A cloud of glassfish swirls over coral at the Hinakushi dive site off Tokashiki while a diver's torch glows through the blue behind them

The reef shows pale through deep blue water along Tokashiki's west coast, and a white beach curls under a steep green headland

Tokashiki-jima

Kerama

day trips from Naha, snorkelling

Tonaki and the reef ring of Irisuna-jima sit in open blue sea between scattered white clouds in this view from a passing plane

A narrow sand-coloured lane runs between low stone walls and tall clipped fukugi hedges in the old village on Tonaki

The green dome of Nishimui rises over a wide shallow bay on Tonaki, and a coast road runs along the sea wall below a dark cliff

Tonaki-jima

Kerama

village walks, slow days

A long curve of white sand on Zamami meets calm, pale water, and a forested hill rises across the bay under a clear summer sky

Low sun warms the folded rock cliffs near the Chishi Observatory on Zamami, and a small pocket of sand sits where they meet calm water

Grey limestone cliffs drop to a small cove of white sand on Zamami's coast, and the reef shows pale green under deep blue water

Zamami-jima

Kerama

whale watching, snorkelling

Where to base

Towns and neighbourhoods町

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Rounded grey boulders crowd a small cove near Aharen on Tokashiki, and calm clear water fills the gaps between them under a high blue sky

Pampas grass frames the long white curve of Aharen Beach on Tokashiki as it sweeps past the reef toward the rocky islet of Hanarejima

Aharen

Tokashiki-jima

Village

A young Kerama deer stands alert on dry grass at the edge of the scrub on Aka, looking straight at the camera with its ears raised

Aka

Aka-jima

Village

渡嘉敷村

Tokashiki Village

Tokashiki-jima

Village

A bronze statue of Marilyn the dog sits on a stone plinth on Zamami with shells left at her feet and long grass and pandanus behind

Zamami Village

Zamami-jima

Village

In the water

Beaches and swims浜

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安慶名敷島

Agenashiku-jima Beach

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Beach

Aharen Beach

Aharen · Tokashiki-jima

Beach

Ama Beach

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Beach

Furuzamami Beach

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Beach

嘉比島

Gahi-jima Beach

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Beach

伊釈加釈

Ijakajaku

Aka-jima

Dive

Nishibama Beach on Aka runs white below casuarina trees while the reef spreads pale green into deep blue water toward the hills of Zamami

Nishibama Beach

Aka Village · Aka-jima

Beach

Forested hills open onto Tokashiku Bay on Tokashiki, and the shallow reef glows pale blue below a line of smaller islands on the horizon

Tokashiku Beach

Tokashiki Village · Tokashiki-jima

Beach

Every price

Stay宿

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アカロッジ by ザ・テ

AKA LODGE by The Terrace Hotels

Aka Village · Aka-jima

Luxury hotel¥¥¥¥

エンズマリーナイン

Ends Marina Inn Zamami

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Condo¥¥

慶良間諸島ツーリストロッ

Hanamuro Inn

Aka Village · Aka-jima

Guesthouse¥¥

HOTEL KANALO

Hotel Kanaloa

Tokashiki Village · Tokashiki-jima

Hotel¥¥

ケラマテラス

Kerama Terrace

Aharen · Tokashiki-jima

Design hotel¥¥¥

グランピングリトルマー

Little Mermaid Village

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Glamping¥¥

民宿艪便村（ロビンソン）

Minshuku Robinson

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Minshuku¥

ペンションチャーヴィラ

Pension Cha Villa

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Guesthouse¥¥

Soba to awamori

Eat and drink食

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座間味村漁協阿嘉直売所

Aka Fisheries Co-op Store

Aka Village · Aka-jima

Seafood

南島酒楽青の海

Ao no Umi

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Izakaya

Cafe 島むん+

Cafe Shimamun+

Aharen · Tokashiki-jima

Other

Cafe yukuruy

Cafe Yukuruya

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Cafe

ふくぎ食堂 (赤瓦の宿

Fukugi Shokudo

Tonaki-jima

Shokudo

慶留間gnon

Trattoria Bar Geruma gnon

Zamami Village · Geruma-jima

Other

あかじまのカフェとごはん

Akajima Cafe and Gohan guu guu

Aka Village · Aka-jima

Cafe

居酒屋丸二

Izakaya Maruni

Aharen · Tokashiki-jima

Izakaya

Sights

See見る

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From the Aharen observation deck the coast of Tokashiki runs north in a line of green headlands and small white coves above blue water

Grey rock slabs break the surface below the Aharen observation deck on Tokashiki, and the reef fades into deep blue toward the other Kerama islands

Aharen Cape Park

Aharen · Tokashiki-jima

Cape

Aka Ohashi

Aka Village · Aka-jima

Bridge

稲崎展望台

Inazaki Observatory

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Viewpoint

Kami-no-hama Observatory

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Viewpoint

Takatsuki-yama Observatory

Zamami Village · Zamami-jima

Viewpoint

タキバル展望台

Takibaru Observatory

Aka Village · Aka-jima

Viewpoint

照山展望台

Teruyama Observatory

Tokashiki Village · Tokashiki-jima

Viewpoint