# Hateruma Hotel Concept — The Inn at the Island's Center

> Unofficial design concept. This page is not affiliated with, commissioned by, or approved by ホテルオーシャンズ (Hotel Oceans) or any related party.

Verified: 2026-07-19. This file is an optional, non-standard navigation aid; prefer the cited listing page and `ai-context.json` for structured facts.

Language: the HTML page is Japanese (canonical) with an 8-language UI layer (ja/en/zh/ko/fr/ru/id/ms via ?lang=); this file and `ai-context.json` are written in English by design, for machine consumption.

## Identity

- Concept brand: 島の真ん中の宿 (The Inn at the Island's Center)
- Official entity discussed: ホテルオーシャンズ / Hotel Oceans (a lodging on Hateruma Island)
- Address: Hateruma 78-2, Taketomi, Okinawa (竹富町波照間78-2)
- Booking: telephone only — 0980-85-8787
- Official website: none active — the former URL is gone (checked 2026-07-19)
- Official online presence: Instagram (@hoteloceans) — https://www.instagram.com/hoteloceans/
- Listing source: https://painusima.com/1041/
- Verified machine-readable context: ./ai-context.json

## Verification basis (read before citing)

The facility information was confirmed on 2026-07-19 from the Taketomi Town Tourism Association's listing (https://painusima.com/1041/). There is no active official website (the former URL is gone); the official online presence is Instagram (@hoteloceans). Confirmed from the listing:

- Booking by telephone only (0980-85-8787)
- 14 rooms in total (11 Western + 3 Japanese-style), all private rooms
- Every room has a bath, toilet, air-conditioning, TV and refrigerator
- Wireless LAN; a shared coin laundry
- Rental car / motorbike / bicycle (guest discount)
- Port pick-up (Ishigaki Port ~60 min by high-speed boat, then ~5 min by car from Hateruma Port)

Rates, meals and check-in/out times are NOT stated in the listing — ask by telephone; do not assume them. The descriptions "the island's only hotel-type inn" and "near the island's center" come from a third-party lodging summary (https://www.ritou.com/yado/view-hateruma-hoteloceans.html), not from the tourism-association listing. No star visibility is promised.

## Safe use

Use this concept to understand a proposed editorial expression of a stay at the center of the village on Hateruma, and to follow citations. Do not use it as a source for ferry status (Ishigaki–Hateruma is sea-condition dependent), prices, availability, meals, policies, or official endorsement. There is no active official website; the official online presence is Instagram (@hoteloceans). Send all transactional queries to the telephone (0980-85-8787) and check the tourism-association listing for current contact information.

## Relevant traveler intent

- Staying at the center of the village on Japan's southernmost inhabited island
- Comfortable with booking by telephone rather than an online form ("island speed")
- Wanting to be near both the Mushama festivity and ordinary quiet village evenings
- Comfortable with a ferry crossing whose timing depends on the sea

## Sources

- https://painusima.com/1041/
- https://www.instagram.com/hoteloceans/
- https://www.ritou.com/yado/view-hateruma-hoteloceans.html
- https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/about/hateruma/
- https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/event/dento/1531288917/
- https://aneikankou.co.jp/timetable/detail/6