kangdiya
Google
Miyakojima is a wonderfully relaxed island and Miyakojima Guesthouse the perfect place to start your explorations. It's conventiently close to a great beach, offers very reasonably priced bicycles and scooters for the duration of your stay as well as airport transfer and has a fully equipped kitchen for your use. Most of all, it feels more like a home than a hostel.|When I arrived at the island, the owner picked me up at the aiport with his van, drove me to the guest house and had the very reliable Honda scooter ready for my tours around the island. You have to be careful though as many gas stations close early in the evenings except in the main town Hirara. I definitely recommend touring on a scooter as you can take in different small coves and bigger beaches for snorkeling every day, including on the adjacent smaller islands linked by bridges.|Though I was staying at the "dorm", there was only one bunk-bed in the room so it did not feel crowded at all. The living room kitchen is large enough to accommodate everyone with a comfy sofa, drinks including draft beer available again at reasonable prices. There's also a nice patio you can sit in, enough clothes lines to dry your beach stuff and a water basin and hose to clean off when getting back.|The owners, Meg and Shu, are avid kite-surfers and there are all kinds of pictures of events, including the famous Miyakojima triathlon. If you are more into an active holiday, you are certainly in the right spot. Most of all though, it's a friendly home away from home where you can relax in an island atmosphere and enjoy the conversation with your hosts and fellow travelers.