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sankara hotel & spa Yakushima is a 29-room resort at 553 Haginokami, Mugio, Yakushima, Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture. Opened in 2010, it is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH), a collection of independent luxury hotels, and can also be booked through Hilton. Rooms consist of main-building suites, all with ocean views, and villas set in the gardens.

Yakushima Airport is about 40 minutes away by car and Anbo Port about 25 minutes, with free transfers available by advance reservation. The flight from Kagoshima Airport to Yakushima Airport takes about 35 minutes. Free on-site parking is available for 29 cars.

In the main building, the 126 sqm Sankara Suite has an in-room spa treatment room and an outdoor bath, and the 71 sqm Sankara Junior Suite has a reclining bath. In the gardens are the Manasa Villas, 53 sqm on each of the first and second floors, and the Sankara Villa Suite, the only villa suite, with a private sauna on its balcony.

There are two restaurants in the auberge style. okas is an open-kitchen restaurant serving full-course French dinners. ayana is a casual restaurant facing the poolside terrace that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Spa Sankara Sana on the 2nd floor of the main building combines Yakushima’s natural materials with Ayurveda in five treatment rooms, open from 10:00 to 22:00 by reservation by the previous day. The hotel also has Sauna Agni, built with local Yakushima cedar (bring your own swimwear), an outdoor pool and a gym, and food and drinks can be enjoyed by the pool.

Children under 13 are not accepted, including for day visits. Since opening, the hotel has run the Sankara Fund, collecting 500 yen per person per stay as a donation for the conservation of Yakushima’s nature. All rooms and restaurants are non-smoking, with smoking allowed only on terraces.

Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out is at 12:00. On Yakushima, a World Natural Heritage island, it is a hotel for a quiet stay with ocean-view suites and villas, French dining, a spa and a sauna.