Design hotels in Okinawa

Nakijin, Okinawa $$$

ALMIS NAKIJIN

Shinichi Ogawa designed five stark white linear suites overlooking the East China Sea.

Yomitan, Okinawa From $1,100

HOSHINOYA Okinawa

Architect Rie Azuma shaped low-slung oceanfront villas behind modernist concrete gusuku walls accented with vibrant bingata textiles.

Maeganeku, Okinawa From $150

Moon Beach Museum Resort

Yukifusa Kokuba's DOCOMOMO-recognized architecture frames the ocean through concrete pilotis and a cascading, vine-hung open atrium.

Nago, Okinawa $$$$

Treeful Treehouse

Suspended wooden treehouses and stilt pavilions with spiral staircases in the subtropical canopy.

Kouri, Okinawa From $650

Yawn Yard Kouri Island

Inverted V-shaped timber pavilions by Schemata Architects incorporate Ryukyu limestone, custom Luft furniture, and open yard terraces.

Mihama, Okinawa From $250

DoubleTree by Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort

Stepped oceanfront balconies and jade-green ceramic tiles echo the coastal water.

Nakijin, Okinawa $$$$

MAGACHABARU OKINAWA

Bare concrete villas set like a quiet village in the subtropical Yanbaru forest.

Matsuyama, Okinawa From $60

OMO5 Okinawa Naha by Hoshino Resorts

Latticed concrete screens reinterpret traditional Okinawan breeze blocks across the facade.

Kouri, Okinawa From $450

One Suite The Grand

Tiered contemporary architecture angling universal deep terraces across the East China Sea.