Travel Reference
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The Kaichu-doro causeway has several tourist attractions in the middle of its span.
If, instead of turning right after you've crossed the bridge, you turn left (east), in three-
quarters of a mile (1 kilometer) you come to Higa (
比嘉
), an equally small fishing village.
Higa doesn't really have a beach of its own but its mini-luxury resort does. On a bluff over-
looking the village and the ocean is the Hamahigashima Resort, a lovely, elegant property. It's
small, only about 30 rooms, but that's what's nice about it. It offers beautiful spacious sleeping
rooms, a fine dining room and a beautiful “infinity” pool overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It is
a “designer” property, with everything just so—modern, clean and stylish. It runs about $200
per night for a double room. Most packages include breakfast and dinner.
There's a path and a set of stairs leading down to the beach, only about 500 feet (150
meters) away. The beach is 660 feet (200 meters) long. Around the corner there's another
beach, this one another 660 feet (200 meters) long. In fact, if you follow the second beach
to your right (south), in another couple of hundred meters you'll come to the island's third
village, this one a mere hamlet of perhaps two dozen homes. It's about as laid back and as
charming an island as you can find.
Hamahiga Island on the right, populated by three small fishing villages, boasts a mini-luxury resort and
white sand beaches. The bridge spans the sea between the island and Henza.
Incidentally, although this islet and the resort front the Pacific Ocean, here the beaches
are protected by a barrier reef about 3 miles (5 kilometers) offshore. This natural breaker
