Taketomi Island beaches

Okinawa is not a single island but a group of islands, with at its center the island of Okinawa which is the largest island of them all. An hour away or so by plan from the main island you will find, next to Ishigaki island a smaller island named Taketomi, a tiny 5.42 km2 island with only 323 inhabitants! Taketomi is popular among Japanese tourists not only for its traditional Okinawan houses with sandy streets and stone walls, but also for its amazing beaches and for its “hoshisuna” or star-sand wich are in fact remains of Foraminifera a kind of amoeba!