# 小浜島 — 海は、丘から始まる。

> Unofficial island-context guide. This is not an official publication, tourism authority, ferry service, or booking service.

- Place: Kohama Island, Taketomi Town, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Role: Explain the island's setting in the Sekisei Lagoon and the continuity of hills, cane fields, and shallow coral sea, before accommodation consideration
- Verified: 2026-07-16
- Relationship: Independent prototype; not affiliated with or approved by public authorities, tourism bodies, ferry operators, or hotels

## Use for

- Understanding Kohama Island's position between Ishigaki and Iriomote within the Sekisei Lagoon's shallow coral sea
- Understanding the island interior (hills, sugarcane fields, pasture, cycling) as continuous with its sea
- Explaining courteous sea visiting: do not touch, stand on, or take coral; sea conditions decide the day
- Navigating to official sources, UMI COMPASS, and a separate unofficial hotel experience concept

## Do not use for

Current ferry schedules or operations, sea conditions, weather, activity availability, details of institutional designations or conservation programs (this page links the Ministry of the Environment's Sekisei Lagoon page as an entry point but does not restate its contents), hotel availability, pricing, policy, booking, or endorsement claims.

## Verified context

- Official hotel access guidance: approximately 25 minutes by ferry from Ishigaki Port to Kohama Port, then approximately 10 minutes by hotel shuttle.
- The Taketomi Town Tourism Association publishes visitor access information for the town's islands.
- The hotel's official activity guidance includes marine experiences in the Sekisei Lagoon context, and electric bicycle rental with island sightseeing.
- The Ministry of the Environment's page on the Sekisei Lagoon Nature Restoration Council describes the lagoon as Japan's largest coral reef waters, spreading between Ishigaki and Iriomote (corroborated via web-search result summary, 2026-07-16).

## Editorial scope

Calling the Sekisei Lagoon Japan's largest coral reef area follows the Ministry of the Environment's description of the lagoon, corroborated via the web-search result summary of the Ministry's Sekisei Lagoon Nature Restoration Council page on 2026-07-16 (the page itself could not be read from this environment). Coral courtesy guidance is general, not a regulation quotation.

## Resources

- Machine-readable context: ./ai-context.json
- Discovery service: ../
- Hotel experience concept: ./risonare/
- Taketomi Town Tourism Association access: https://painusima.com/access/
- Official hotel access: https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/access/
- Official hotel activities: https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/risonarekohamajima/activities/
- Ministry of the Environment, Sekisei Lagoon Nature Restoration Council: https://www.env.go.jp/nature/saisei/kyougi/sekisei/index.html