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The Tokashiki passenger and vehicle ferry.
The Keramas are popular with day visitors from Okinawa and tourists from mainland
Japan. They are especially popular with divers because their waters are crystal clear and their
magnificent coral formations have not been destroyed or stolen by collectors. The Keramas
are also one of the prime viewing areas for humpback whales and almost all whale watch-
ing excursion boats from Okinawa come to these islands. Every year, in early spring, start-
ing in February and continuing through March, the humpbacks' migration route takes them
through these beautiful, warm waters.
Although the Kerama Islands have neither large luxury hotels nor fancy resorts, and there
are no golf courses, there are many small hotels, minshuku inns and hostels. Almost all serve
food and beverage. If yours does not, it's not a problem, for there are many small restaurants
and cafés. If you're looking for a peaceful, beautiful destination and don't need to be enter-
tained, and if you like diving or snorkeling, then you may have found your paradise, for these
small islands, so close to Okinawa, have a lot to offer.
Other than a long swim or sailing your own ship, there's only one way to reach the islands:
commercial ferry service. Until a few years ago there were also daily flights from Naha but
they were discontinued. It's an open question whether flights will begin again. The small air-
port on Fukaji Island has, for now, been abandoned.
Full house on the Queen Zamami III.
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