Hatenohama
Shimajiri-gun, Kumejima-cho 901-3100, Okinawa Prefecture
About
Hatenohama is probably the single most beautiful beach in Okinawa. It's also one of the most remote. Off shore of Kumejima Island, its a strip of sand that stretches out towards Okinawa in the East China Sea. The beach is in the center of a huge area of shallow water protected by a ring of coral and rock outcroppings. Over thousands of years the tidal actions in the protected area have built up what is now Hatenohama.