Beach Hotel Sunshine Ishigakijima

It’s a fantastic hotel. The staff is super friendly and helpful and the facilities are great. We loved the pool area and the restaurant terrace. We booked the superior room and I can only recommend it, the room and especially the ocean view was outstanding. Much more than I expected for the price.

Sunset view, great installations and really nice staff.

Breakfast was excellent; excellent array of Japanese and Western food, very nicely presented. The quality of the food was also excellent. great coffee too The dining room was overpriced and had limited choices

Very good breakfast, friendly staffs, clean and well maintained facilities

The hotel was wonderfully calm and set in a beautiful location overlooking the sea, with very nice and helpful staff who made our stay pleasant. Despite its name, The Beach Hotel Sunshine doesn’t actually have a beach, which was quite disappointing

Stunning location with “beach” waterfront. Fantastic facilities, endless pool, rental gear and bikes and onsen. Did I mention, free parking and ocean view if you choose. Excellent place I dream about coming back. Zilch, nada, nothing.

- Outstanding pool and onsen - Amazing breakfast with a mix of local and western selections; I looked forward to every day. - Great staff with either fluent English or making a big effort to have the conversation translated - Convenient, free car parking - Ideal location (if you have a car) in that it’s in a quiet area but still easy access to restaurants, points of interest, etc

very clean property, amazing staff, great breakfast options (including vegetarian options). The communal bath was simple and clean ans nicely appointed. I felt very safe as a solo female traveler and location was central between town and club med/or northern diving on the island. Had an in room shiatsu massage which was decent (not the best ever but not bad). Lunch and dinner vegetarian options were limited and I do think you need a car if you stay there, not much around. Didn’t use the pool much because it rained most days I was there. Fairly good value if you want something clean and convenient with a very helpful staff Negatives: I had booked a Mountain View and it was overlooking a muddy roof so not much ambiance, and they put me In the old wing which was clean but very outdated.

Good

There were only 6 buses a day into town which was over an hour walk away. The local restaurants seem to close at 6pm leaving the hotel the only option with an expensive large set menu at night. We walked into town and eventually found some options as we wanted a small meal. We went to the hotel bar on our return at 9.30 to find it was closed. A shame as the hotel had given us vouchers for use there. Room lovely and spacious with great view.

Superb

Very good

we had fantastic views of the sea and enjoyed great sunsets with Iriomote island in the background. The hotel restaurant was a great place to enjoy very good diner

Beautiful pool area and great bedroom (in the more modern complex). Everything felt difficult, it seemed like it was run like a 2-star hotel. A few examples: lunch was only available for two hours with one option, we rented bikes and both had flat tyres, we got a call at 22:30 about a trip that hadn’t been booked for us (by 17:00). You also can’t go in the sea at the front of the property because of the jellyfish (other resorts have nets).

The breakfast was good and staff were kind and helpful . Also the bus stop is 1 min walking so it’s very convenient if you want to come and go through Ishigaki I didn’t notice while booking that this hotel has “sea view” but doesn’t have a beach. I think I’ve read “in front of the beach” so I booked without double checking. Another thing that could have been better was the restaurant, I think the menu was very limited

Exceptional

Clean and with amazing sea view Maybe a little bit of renovation of some spaces

Bed was too hard and no ability to switch to a softer bed, swimming pool was very shallow, breakfast could be better.

The hotel had a very relaxed vibe, the facilities were good with the outdoor pool and seating area, as well as use of inflatables, frisbies etc. The onsen was also very nice with a great sea view and was never very busy. Breakfast buffet was great and offered a very good variety. there was a shop to buy drinks and snacks. The only downside was the bar/resestaurant was very restricted in what it served, it would have been great to have a bar that was more useable by the pool. But apart from that the stay was very enjoyable and the staff very friendly.

The staff is amazing, truly polite and welcoming. Amazing stay. Low key.