Tokashiku Marin Village

Let’s start with the very positive: the location. It’s simply breathtaking. Clear water, tidy beach, amazing sunsets, not crowded. Free shuttle to port & Aharen beach. Staff really kind and helpful, laundry and drink machine available.(even a small shop at the reception). We have been upgraded to a western room for free.( japanese style rooms means sleeping on the floor & facing buildings behind the hotel)|The hotel itself is really old and worn out and hasn’t been renovated since half century unfortunately. The balcony on 1st floor isn’t usable, AC leaking everywhere and there is not a place where to sit when raining or just to share a drink&play cards. The restaurant’s terrace is closed when not serving food (dinner supposed to be from 6 to 9 but closes at 7.30-8). All facilities like snorkel etc charged a part, drinking water too. If you give up on daily cleaning, you get a small water for free (which is a nice eco-idea). Clean sheets but the oldest and thinest towels I’ve ever seen and rooms are not isolated, you literally hear everything from the corridors. Food very, very repetitive, it only change names every two days and not really delicious. Poor breakfast. (We stayed 8 days…) If it wasn’t for the staff & location, the rooms wouldn’t be worth these 120$ per night.|Whoever is the owner, their should at least invest in new pillows, sheets, kettle and so on.|Still a great place to visit.

Unfortunately have to agree with some of the critical reviews here. While the beach and surroundings are of course beautiful, the price for the rooms is in no way reflected in anything the hotel itself offers. It is clear there has been no serious renovation in the rooms nor hotel amenities since it was built 40 years ago. Hotel could really use a gym. The breakfast and dinners are the lowest quality food we’ve had during our entire Japan trip, so we kindly asked to deduct the dinners from our bill so we fix it ourselves (this was OK). To top it off: When we tried to read a book on our balcony, we were visited by a family of cockroaches, so obviously we stopped doing that as well. I can really recommend making the daily hike to the nearby town of Aharen beach. We hiked to it on 2 mornings (took about 30 minutes) and spent the whole day there. You can rent double beach loungers with parasol (also not available on the beach of the Marin village) there for only 2000 yen so you have some shade during the beach day. The best restaurant we found was Sea Friend Seafood restaurant with fresh seafood (check my other review for this restaurant).

Great hotel to visit! Although we could not stay the night since there was a typhoon coming and they warned us in advance. We had a chance to spend time at the beach and had a safe bus shuttle to and from the hotel. The service is second to none. Well organized and beautiful beach area.

The beach near the hotel was absolutely beautiful and the highlight of our stay. Unfortunately, the bathroom in our room had a strong moldy smell, which made it quite unpleasant. The staff were not only inattentive but also rather rude at times, which made the experience even more disappointing. The food was the worst we’ve had in Japan, and to make matters worse, we even found cockroaches on top of the food at the buffet, which was completely unacceptable.

Tranquil place just by an amazing beach where you can swim and snorkel around spotting turtles and colorful fish. All the staff are super helpful and they have a store at the first floor where you can buy snacks and beverages. For the vegetarians you can also request plant based food for the dinner as most of the dishes are animal based on the buffet. Will definitely stay here again when coming back to Tokashiku!

location is for sure the star of the show, utterly amazing, you are practically on a lovely beach, viewing platform to see the sunset is also a 20 minute walk. staff were friendly and provided to every need. Food was nothing special but there was plenty and tasty for the most part. The rooms felt a bit old however, wallpaper coming off in some areas, and could use with some restoration, nothing too major. overall, nice place to stay at this amazing location. would recommend for a phew day trip.

People have done a great disservice of overrating this hotel which gave me unrealistic expectations of what my stay would consist of, a place that needs everything replaced unless you like having hairs in your old stained towels with nasty stained pillows and the original beds (which are very uncomfortable!) (plus moldy shower curtains) the staff is very kind and helpful but whoever owns this hotel should be ashamed of renting rooms out with the old dirty things. Also don’t get me started on how they nickel and dime you on everything, like 500 yen a day for a small old blue “beach” towel that should have been thrown away a long time ago. Please stop rating the rocky coral beach with stone fish a 5 star hotel rating. While the beach is stunning, you can go to the beach for free and use the park facilities which are the same quality as the ones they provide at this hotel. The hotel itself feels more like a school so if you want to cosplay as a student, this would be the right fit for you. I left as early as I could the next day because it was poor weather and I was so bored, they don’t offer anything for rainy days like a game room or a proper sitting area. They close the dining room outside of meal times. I was grossed out by my room so I didn’t want to stay in there during the rainy times. My advice, go to the island in the morning and leave in the evening. Don’t stay here. They are busses and taxi services. Or stay somewhere else.

Amazing beach, snorkelling and views but the hotel is pretty awful. Whilst it was reasonably clean and the staff were really friendly, it hasn’t been updated in 20/30 years so the decor is out dated, some furniture is broken, cushions on the hallway seats are ripped open, rooms are all smoking rooms so they retain the smoke smell, the bathroom is moldy, the sheets and bed had stains on them, and the hallways make it look like you are staying in a prison. |The room rate includes breakfast and dinner which were passable. Rental of beach towels, snorkelling kit etc were extras. |If you are able to treat this hotel as just a bed for the night, it is worth coming for the views, the beach and the stars on a clear night, but if you want anything more than 1/2 star standard, this is not the place for you.