Verified review
10/10 Exceptional
Verified traveler
May 15, 2018
To start, the couple running the place AND two of their guests came to pick me up from the airport (500 yen), and we had a fun ride back to the house. They cooked delicious meals for dinner (800 yen), and at night we went out to look at the stars. On my first full day, I asked about snorkeling, the hosts organized a tour (2500-4000 yen), two other guests joined, and we had a lot of fun swimming with reef fish and a few sea turtles. That evening, after dinner, a neighbor came over, and the hosts pulled out some plum wine to greet him. Everybody was very friendly and had a great time.
The small Kurima island is completely walkable, there are sand beaches on the West side, and a few restaurants in the village, just two minutes walk from the guesthouse. To go anywhere else, it helps to have a car or, in my case, make friends with other guests and let them drive you around. It's easy to make friends sitting at a big round table enjoying a home-made meal at dinnertime.