MIYAKOJIMA, Okinawa Prefecture--A massacre of dozens of shipwrecked Ryukyu islanders in Taiwan over a century ago was the trigger for a power play that echoes today. Descendants of the two ethnic ...
Leaning back on a resort poolside lounge chair, I heard the rustling sound of swaying sugarcane in the wind: “sasaq, sasaq.” The horizon beyond the ivory sandbar shimmered like glass. The silence was ...
A power outage hit almost every area of Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 25, affecting around 25,500 households, hospitals, schools and government services. Electricity was restored at ...
At Rosewood Hotels & Resorts' first property in Japan, on Miyako island in Okinawa prefecture, there are 55 oceanside villas with direct access to the beach. Miyakojima is part of the Ryukyu Islands, ...
The Rosewood Miyakojima will open on March 1 on Miyako Island, and the resort has begun taking reservations. It will be the Rosewood brand's first hotel in Japan. Nestled in sugarcane fields in the ...