Miyako Island, in the Okinawan Archipelago, has some of the finest beaches in Japan.
It beckons with an extraordinary landscape formed by uplifted coral reefs and unique flora and fauna, indigenous only to this island.
Okinawa Prefecture in Japan was selected for The New York Times' "52 Places to Go in 2026" list, which was released earlier this year. Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, consists of 160 islands, about 50 of which are inhabited. Among them, Miyako Island–the fourth-largest in
