[2025 Taketomi Attraction] Travel Guide for Hoshizuna Beach (Updated Jul)

Taketomi Island is a popular island that can be visited from Ishigaki Island for a day trip. It takes about 15 minutes by ferry from Euglena Ishigaki Port Remote Island Terminal to Taketomi Island. If you want to ride a buffalo cart, you can use the shuttle bus at the port. It takes about 15 minutes on foot from the port. The fare is 3,300 yen for adults. 📍441 Taketomi, Taketomi-cho 🕰️Business hours 9:00-16:30 The buffalo cart driver sings songs while playing the sanshin. The buffalo sometimes take a break on hot days and move slowly, so it depends on the personality of the buffalo, which is also a fun point! You can also rent bicycles, so you can go around the island. We had lunch at a restaurant called Kanifu! We recommend Yaeyama soba and soki soba 🌺 You can also find star sand at Hoshizuna Beach, which is within cycling distance ⭐️ This island is recommended for a wide range of travelers, from families to couples and solo travelers 🏝️ #AbsolutelyFreeTrip #TaketomiIsland #OkinawaTrip #GirlsTrip

I visited in December. Taketomi Island is a town with an incredibly beautiful sea. I took a ferry from Ishigaki Island to get there. It was great to take a leisurely ride around the island in an ox cart. I also spent time with the cats at the cafe. There aren't many shops, but it's recommended for people who want to spend some time relaxing and looking at the sea. There were also locals fishing. I took the ferry from the main island to get there. I recommend bringing a bicycle or something to expand your range of travel. It was a great relaxing time.

📍Taketomi Island Taketomi Island is an island that can be reached from Ishigaki Island on a day trip. Red brick houses, star sand, buffalo carts, and island scenery spread out before you. If it's your first time traveling to an island, Taketomi Island is compact enough to walk around and has many spots scattered around, so it's recommended. Please use this as a reference for your trip🔖 ⚫︎Red brick house (📸1) ⚫︎Shisa (📸2) ⚫︎Buffalo cart (📸3) ⚫︎Star sand beach (📸4-7) ⚫︎Islandscape (📸8) ※The weather forecast is not accurate on the island...it changes frequently and there are sudden thunderstorms. It's a good idea to prepare an umbrella, raincoat, towel, etc.🌂 . #Spring0yentrip

In the midst of abundant nature, you can spend your time however you like, doing marine activities, sightseeing, staying at a resort, etc. Even if you visit the same place, the scenery will be completely different depending on the time of day and the weather. Find your own various ways to enjoy it. #0yentravelFebruary2025

Iriomote Island is a beautiful island with untouched nature 🌊 You can enjoy a variety of environments such as jungles, waterfalls, and mangrove forests. In particular, because it is designated as a national park, the rich ecosystem is protected. There are plenty of outdoor activities such as kayaking, trekking, and snorkeling, and the transparency of the sea is truly amazing 🏝️☀️ There is a star-shaped sand beach on the beach ✨✨ The local people are very warm and it is a place I love 🩷 You can get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and relax in a quiet environment, surrounded by the sounds of nature, and heal your mind and body. The food is also very delicious, and the fish is very fresh, and the meebai fish that lives mainly in Okinawa is very delicious 😋🩵 If you want to feel nature, please visit Iriomote Island! #0 yen trip February 2025 #Okinawa #Iriomote Island

#FuriTabi Iriomote Island, Okinawa Prefecture🏝 We also searched for star sand at Hoshizuna Beach☺️You can buy small bottles at the pension near the parking lot✨ By the way, it's quite a difficult task to fill a small bottle with star sand...! It might be a piece of cake for someone who's good at detailed work💦 It was quite a pain to just find the star sand😢 But it was fun looking☺️ 📍 Spot introduction━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Location: Hoshizuna BeachAccess: 907-1541 Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa PrefectureFeatures: You can get star sand! #IriomoteIsland #IriomoteIslandTrip #AmazingView #OkinawaTrip #HoshizunaBeach

The star sand stung my feet and made them hurt, but it was amazing!!!

This time, we will introduce "Star Sand Beach" on Taketomi Island, an isolated island in the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa Prefecture. The official name of the beach is Kaiji Beach, but it is called Star Sand Beach because star-shaped "star sand" is harvested there. Can you see it on the hand in the photo? In addition to star sand, the beach also has other attractions such as swings and large trees that make use of nature. Taketomi Island, where Star Sand Beach is located, is about 10 minutes by high-speed boat from Ishigaki Island, so you can go there as a day trip from Ishigaki Island. You can travel around the island by ox cart or rent a bicycle, so be sure to take a tour of the island after visiting Star Sand Beach♪ Address: Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa Prefecture 907-1541 (search for "Star Sand Beach") #OkinawaTourism #OkinawaTrip #TaketomiIsland #OkinawaRemoteIsland #StarSandBeach #StarSandBeach #KaijiBeach

Iriomote Island's Hoshizuna Beach is known for its star-shaped sand. Well, if you ask me, there is star sand. (lol) It seems that it used to be a perfect star shape, but the corners have gradually worn off and it has disappeared. Hoshizuna Beach is also known for snorkeling. I wanted to try snorkeling, but the current was fast that day and it looked dangerous. I'd like to go back someday on a day with good sea conditions and enjoy the sea. [Hoshizuna Beach] Address: Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa 907-1541 #OkinawaTourism#OkinawaTrip#OkinawaTrip#OkinawaBeach#IriomoteIsland#IriomoteIslandTrip#IriomoteIslandTourism

This is the star sand beach of Iriomote Island, Okinawa⭐️ As you can see in the second photo, it is famous for its star-shaped sand! You can often see star-shaped sand on your hands♡ This time, I stopped by to watch the sunrise. It was a quiet and calm beach, but the water was clear and many people come here for snorkeling during the day🤿🫧 289 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa 907-1541 7 minutes by car from Uehara Port, 50 minutes by car from Ohara Port ☑︎Free parking #Okinawatourism #IriomoteIsland #StarSand #StarSandBeach

When I think of Okinawa, I think of star sand! I've always had that image, and I used to buy it as a souvenir☺️ There's a beach on Taketomi Island where you can find star sand!! 🏖 I searched for star sand with my palms! Fighting the sun😂 lol There was surprisingly little star-shaped sand, and there were a lot of sand pieces that were missing somewhere, which was a bit of a shame😰 I'll post the only one I was able to take a nice picture of lol You can't take the star sand home from Kaiji Beach, so if you want to take some home as a souvenir, you can buy it at the shop next to it😳 The tides are fast, so swimming is also prohibited. So, go to Kaiji Beach to look for star sand, and relax in the evening lol #Western Japan #Okinawa trip #Summer trip #Ishigaki Island trip #Taketomi Island trip #Taketomi Island sightseeing #Star sand beach

"You can get star sand!" So I went to Hoshizuna Beach A really beautiful sea There were a lot of people when I walked to the area where I could get the stars It would take about a day to sort the stars to bring them home on the spot. The stars are much smaller than I thought So I walked to the shop 😊 You can take home the star sand in a bottle as a souvenir The beautiful scenery was soothing I recommend it [Hoshizuna Beach] 〒907-1541 Uehara, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, Okinawa #gw2022jp #HoshizunaBeach #TaketomiIsland #IshigakiIsland #RemoteIsland #RemoteIslandTrip #RemoteIslandTrip #AmazingView #CoupleTrip #Okinawa #IshigakiIslandAmazingView

Searching for star sand on Iriomote Island's star sand beach★ Iriomote Island, a place of great nature. We took a boat from Ishigaki Port to Uehara Port, then took a bus to go find star sand. Even though we were looking for star sand, we were surprised to see that almost everywhere we looked there was star sand. There are also many beautiful shells, so if you put them in a bottle with the star sand, you can look at them anytime. #Iriomote Island #Star Sand Beach #Star Sand Beach #Star Sand #Remote Island Trip #Amazing View #Okinawa #Amazing View