{"id":34268,"date":"2016-01-29T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/parenthese-sur-larchipel-kerama\/"},"modified":"2020-07-12T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:22:12","slug":"paradise-break-on-kerama-archipelago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/en\/paradise-break-on-kerama-archipelago\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise break on the Kerama archipelago"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Early wake up Friday January 15 to take the ferry from Naha port to Aka Island. The Kerama archipelago or Kerama shot\u00f4<\/em>, about two hours by ferry from Naha, groups together around fifteen small islands, the largest covering 15 km\u00b2. Only five islands are inhabited including Aka-jima (3.96 km\u00b2) and Zamami-jima (6.71 km\u00b2), my two destinations for the next two days. Fifteen minutes by boat from each other, the two islands are home to barely 700 people. True paradise areas covered with lush tropical forests, long white sand beaches and living in a peaceful atmosphere, these are perfect sites for quiet walks, diving or snorkeling.<\/p>

I disembark on the island of Aka-jima in cloudy weather but the peaceful atmosphere and the tiny village instantly appeal to me. The lady from my guesthouse picks me up at the port. A young German girl who disembarked by the same ferry also stays in the same place as me. Her name is Kristin, 36, and she is in Japan for about 40 days. Our Kawai Diving Inn is located at the far end of the village (barely a seven-minute walk from the port), on the beach! The place is soothingly peaceful. The rooms are gigantic and the toilets and showers outside. The owners, a couple in their 50s, also organize diving trips. Having at the start only planned to walk and cycle on the islands (outings and equipment rental costing too much for me), I still let myself be tempted by the tour to go see the whales organized by the association from Zamami the next day. Indeed the Kerama archipelago is one of the places where humpback whales gather in winter to give birth to their young! In summer, they migrate to the Bering Sea to feed on large quantities of Krill.<\/p>

After registering, I rent a bike and explore Aka. First stop: the only open restaurant on the island, for a curry rice lunch on the beach. I get to know a French couple in their forties with whom I chat for a long time. Laure and Didier manage an exchange association between French and Japanese and regularly come to the island. They offer to come and see how tofu is made the next day! I accept with great pleasure. We split up and I go back to my bike parked in front of the restaurant entrance. No need to hang it with a padlock, nobody will steal it. While cycling along the beach and despite the gray weather, I am overwhelmed by a feeling of freedom and joy. I tell myself that happiness should probably look like this: a bike ride in a beautiful environment and bathing in a peaceful atmosphere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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