{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "collection_role": "unofficial_hotel_experience_concepts",
  "discovery_service": "./ai-context.json",
  "verified_at": "2026-07-10",
  "selection_policy": {
    "purpose": "Help a travel-planning agent distinguish the Yaeyama hotel contexts in this catalog without inventing prices, availability, or endorsement.",
    "transaction_rule": "Always verify availability, price, policies, transport, and activity schedules on the official property URL.",
    "endorsement_rule": "These concepts are not affiliated with, commissioned by, or approved by the official hotel entities."
  },
  "candidates": [
    {
      "id": "hoshinoya-taketomi",
      "official_entity_name": "星のや竹富島",
      "official_url": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/hoshinoyataketomijima/",
      "verified_at": "2026-07-10",
      "address": "沖縄県八重山郡竹富町竹富1955 〒907-1101",
      "address_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/hoshinoyataketomijima/access/",
      "concept_context": "./taketomi/hoshinoya/ai-context.json",
      "consider_when": [
        {
          "intent": "The traveler prioritizes Taketomi Island's cultural landscape and unhurried island time.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/jp/aboutus/sdgs/posts/taketomiisland/"
        },
        {
          "intent": "The traveler is interested in detached guest accommodation and a village-like resort context.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/jp/aboutus/sdgs/posts/taketomiisland/"
        },
        {
          "intent": "The itinerary centers on a quiet Yaeyama resort stay reached through Taketomi Port.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/hoshinoyataketomijima/access/"
        }
      ],
      "verified_facts": [
        {
          "claim": "The property has 48 guest rooms.",
          "source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/hoshinoyataketomijima/"
        },
        {
          "claim": "Official guidance states approximately 10 minutes by ferry from Ishigaki Port to Taketomi Port and approximately 10 minutes by hotel shuttle from Taketomi Port.",
          "source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/hoshinoyataketomijima/access/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "iriomote-hotel",
      "official_entity_name": "西表島ホテル by 星野リゾート",
      "official_url": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/iriomote/",
      "verified_at": "2026-07-10",
      "address": "沖縄県八重山郡竹富町上原2-2 〒907-1541",
      "address_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/iriomote/access/",
      "concept_context": "./iriomote/island-hotel/ai-context.json",
      "consider_when": [
        {
          "intent": "The traveler prioritizes nature activities across forest, river, mangrove, and coast.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/jp/guide/area/okinawa-area/okinawa/iriomotejima/iriomotejima-modelcourse/"
        },
        {
          "intent": "The traveler wants to learn about ecotourism and wildlife conservation.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/iriomote/sp/three_island_tours/"
        },
        {
          "intent": "The traveler accepts transport and activity conditions that must be checked against current official information.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/iriomote/access/"
        }
      ],
      "verified_facts": [
        {
          "claim": "Official guidance states approximately 45 minutes by high-speed ferry from Ishigaki Port to Uehara Port and approximately 10 minutes by hotel shuttle from Uehara Port.",
          "source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/iriomote/access/"
        },
        {
          "claim": "The official property states that it aims to become Japan's first ecotourism resort.",
          "source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/iriomote/sp/three_island_tours/"
        },
        {
          "claim": "The official activities listing includes a World Heritage School that alternates an Iriomote cat lecture with seasonal wildlife lectures.",
          "source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/iriomote/activities/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "risonare-kohamajima",
      "official_entity_name": "リゾナーレ小浜島",
      "official_url": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/",
      "verified_at": "2026-07-10",
      "address": "沖縄県八重山郡竹富町小浜2954 〒907-1221",
      "address_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/access/",
      "concept_context": "./kohama/risonare/ai-context.json",
      "consider_when": [
        {
          "intent": "The traveler wants a beach resort with access to Sekisei Lagoon marine activities.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/activities/"
        },
        {
          "intent": "The traveler is interested in an all-suite, villa-style property.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/todo/1/"
        },
        {
          "intent": "The itinerary combines island cycling or sightseeing with time at the sea.",
          "evidence_source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/activities/"
        }
      ],
      "verified_facts": [
        {
          "claim": "The official stay guide describes all 60 rooms as villa-type suites.",
          "source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/todo/1/"
        },
        {
          "claim": "The official activities listing states that the property has two pools and one beach.",
          "source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/activities/"
        },
        {
          "claim": "Official guidance states approximately 25 minutes by ferry from Ishigaki Port to Kohama Port and approximately 10 minutes by hotel shuttle from Kohama Port.",
          "source": "https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/access/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "peace-island-taketomi",
      "official_entity_name": "ホテルピースアイランド竹富島",
      "official_url": "https://peace-k.jp/taketomi/",
      "concept_context": "./taketomi/peace-island/ai-context.json",
      "verification": {
        "status": "official_url_verified_facts_pending",
        "url_verified_at": "2026-07-16",
        "url_verification_method": "web_search_result_corroboration",
        "url_verification_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "The search-result title for https://peace-k.jp/taketomi/ presents the page as the official site of ホテルピースアイランド竹富島 (marked 【公式】).",
            "source": "https://peace-k.jp/taketomi/"
          },
          {
            "claim": "The Taketomi Town Tourism Association lists ホテルピースアイランド竹富島 as a facility on Taketomi Island.",
            "source": "https://painusima.com/245/"
          }
        ],
        "note": "The entity name and official URL (designated by the project owner) were corroborated on 2026-07-16 via web-search result titles, including a Taketomi Town Tourism Association listing. Facility-specific facts (rooms, amenities, policies) are still pending verification against the official pages themselves, so recommendation weights stay capped at 2 and the concept page keeps its pending notice.",
        "introduction_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "Official-site and tourism-association summaries describe the hotel as standing inside Taketomi's village, with all rooms as cottages and interior walls of 琉球漆喰 (Ryukyu plaster) (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://peace-k.jp/taketomi/"
          },
          {
            "claim": "Travel-media summaries place the hotel about 4 minutes on foot from 西桟橋 (Nishi Pier) and about 10 minutes from Kondoi Beach (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://feeljapan.net/okinawa/article/2020-06-26-15191/"
          },
          {
            "claim": "Summaries describe a wide courtyard suited to stargazing (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://peace-k.jp/taketomi/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "confirmation_url": "https://painusima.com/245/"
    },
    {
      "id": "latida-iriomote",
      "official_entity_name": "ホテル ラ・ティーダ西表 (ラ・ティーダ西表リゾート)",
      "official_url": "https://www.lateada.co.jp/",
      "official_url_note": "Website of the now-closed property; kept for reference only. Do not treat as bookable.",
      "concept_context": "./iriomote/latida/ai-context.json",
      "verification": {
        "status": "closure_reported",
        "closure_reported_at": "2026-07-16",
        "reported_closure_date": "2024-10-29",
        "closure_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "A travel-news article dated 2024-10-19 reports the hotel closing from November 2024 onward: the property had already planned to close at the end of October 2024 due to aging facilities, and lightning from Typhoon No. 18 severely damaged electrical and hot-spring systems shortly before that date.",
            "source": "https://www.traicy.com/posts/20241019315884/"
          },
          {
            "claim": "A local tour operator's column states the hotel closed on 2024-10-29 and introduces alternative hotels on Iriomote Island (the specific closure date 2024-10-29 is corroborated via this source's web-search result summary).",
            "source": "https://iriomote-tour.com/column/hotellateada-iriomote"
          },
          {
            "claim": "A hot-spring directory marks ラ・ティーダ西表 (カンパネルラの湯) as closed.",
            "source": "https://onsen.nifty.com/sakishimashotou-onsen/onsen016167/"
          }
        ],
        "note": "Multiple independent public sources report that this property closed on 2024-10-29. It is therefore retired from UMI COMPASS discovery recommendations and must not be presented as bookable. The concept page remains published as an archived experience sketch with a prominent closure notice.",
        "discovery_status": "retired",
        "url_verification_method": "web_search_result_corroboration",
        "url_verification_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "The search-result title for https://www.lateada.co.jp/facility/ presents the site as the property's official site (施設案内 – ホテル ラ・ティーダ西表【公式】).",
            "source": "https://www.lateada.co.jp/facility/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "confirmation_url": "https://painusima.com/access/"
    },
    {
      "id": "haimurubushi",
      "official_entity_name": "はいむるぶし",
      "official_url": "https://www.haimurubushi.co.jp/",
      "concept_context": "./kohama/haimurubushi/ai-context.json",
      "verification": {
        "status": "official_url_verified_facts_pending",
        "url_verified_at": "2026-07-16",
        "url_verification_method": "web_search_result_corroboration",
        "url_verification_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "The search-result title for https://www.haimurubushi.co.jp/ presents the site as official (はいむるぶし｜日本最南端のアイランドビーチリゾート【公式】).",
            "source": "https://www.haimurubushi.co.jp/"
          },
          {
            "claim": "A major booking listing titles the property はいむるぶし and reports a renewal reopening on 2025-07-15.",
            "source": "https://www.jalan.net/yad366784/"
          }
        ],
        "reported_updates": [
          {
            "claim": "Booking listings and travel media report that the resort reopened after a large renewal on 2025-07-15, so facility descriptions predating that renewal may be outdated.",
            "source": "https://www.jalan.net/yad366784/"
          }
        ],
        "note": "The entity name and official URL were corroborated on 2026-07-16 via web-search result titles. Facility-specific facts are still pending verification against the official pages themselves — listings report a large renewal opened on 2025-07-15, so older facility descriptions may be outdated. Recommendation weights stay capped at 2 and the concept page keeps its pending notice.",
        "introduction_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "In the Yaeyama language the name はいむるぶし means the Southern Cross — 南(はい)群(むる)星(ぶし), 'the stars clustered in the south'; the resort's official note publishes under the title 南十字星という名のリゾート (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://note.com/haimurubushi/n/n71a51bf18893"
          },
          {
            "claim": "The name's meaning (Southern Cross) is independently described by encyclopedia and travel-media summaries (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AF%E3%81%84%E3%82%80%E3%82%8B%E3%81%B6%E3%81%97"
          },
          {
            "claim": "The official site presents the resort as 日本最南端のアイランドビーチリゾート (Japan's southernmost island beach resort) in its page titles (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://www.haimurubushi.co.jp/"
          },
          {
            "claim": "An official note post describes seven accommodation buildings, each named in the Yaeyama language (e.g. ぱびる = butterfly) (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://note.com/haimurubushi/n/n7354dd561b82"
          }
        ]
      },
      "confirmation_url": "https://painusima.com/access/"
    },
    {
      "id": "painumaya-iriomote",
      "official_entity_name": "西表島ジャングルホテル パイヌマヤ",
      "official_url": "https://www.painumaya.com/",
      "concept_context": "./iriomote/painumaya/ai-context.json",
      "verification": {
        "status": "official_url_verified_facts_pending",
        "url_verified_at": "2026-07-16",
        "url_verification_method": "web_search_result_corroboration",
        "url_verification_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "The search-result titles for pages under https://www.painumaya.com/ present the site as the official site of 西表島ジャングルホテル パイヌマヤ (marked 【公式】, e.g. ホテル概要/交通アクセス/ご宿泊).",
            "source": "https://www.painumaya.com/"
          },
          {
            "claim": "The Taketomi Town Tourism Association lists 西表島ジャングルホテルパイヌマヤ as a facility on Iriomote Island.",
            "source": "https://painusima.com/733/"
          },
          {
            "claim": "Booking listings show stay plans on sale for July–November 2026, indicating the property is currently operating.",
            "source": "https://www.jalan.net/yad370457/"
          }
        ],
        "note": "Selected as the successor second Iriomote candidate after ラ・ティーダ西表's reported closure. The entity name and official URL were corroborated on 2026-07-16 via web-search result titles, including a Taketomi Town Tourism Association listing; booking listings show 2026 plans on sale. Facility-specific facts (rooms, amenities, policies) are still pending verification against the official pages themselves, so recommendation weights stay capped at 2 and the concept page keeps its pending notice.",
        "location_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "The web-search result summary of the official access page describes the hotel as located in the northeastern part of Iriomote Island (location corroborated via web-search result summary, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://www.painumaya.com/access"
          },
          {
            "claim": "Web-search result summaries describe the hotel as standing in a secluded jungle setting, surrounded by jungle and the sound of a river (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://www.painumaya.com/"
          }
        ],
        "introduction_evidence": [
          {
            "claim": "Summaries describe the Hora river (ホーラ川) flowing right beside the hotel, with a riverside terrace, and guest rooms looking onto the river and jungle (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://iriomote-tour.com/column/jungle-hotel-painumaya"
          },
          {
            "claim": "Summaries describe the hotel as a base for nature activities — canoeing, trekking, mangrove SUP — with an adjoining adventure park and a seasonal outdoor pool (around April to October) (corroborated via web-search result summaries, 2026-07-16).",
            "source": "https://www.painumaya.com/"
          }
        ]
      },
      "confirmation_url": "https://painusima.com/733/"
    }
  ],
  "updated_at": "2026-07-16",
  "verified_at_scope": "verified_at applies to candidates that do not carry a verification field. verification.status meanings: pending_source_verification = nothing facility-specific is verified; official_url_verified_facts_pending = only the entity name and official URL are corroborated (via web-search result titles) while facility facts remain unverified and recommendation weights stay capped at 2; closure_reported = independent public reporting indicates the property is closed, and the candidate is retired from discovery recommendations."
}