ISLAND BREEZE

Tropical paradise is not necessarily the first thing that springs to mind when thinking of Japan. But the islands of Okinawa rank right up there with some of the most sybaritic places in the world. Inhabiting an archipelago stretching out from the island of Kyushu towards Taiwan and the Philippines, Okinawa’s inhabited islands (there are numerous islands stretching more than 1000 kilometres) are grouped into three smaller archipelagos – Okinawa Islands, Miyako Islands and Yaeyama Islands – and boast a sub-tropical climate, as well as a rich