The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa sits near Nago in northern Okinawa, within the Kanehide Kise Country Club and surrounded on three sides by its 18-hole championship ocean-view golf course, near Kise Beach and about 70 km from Naha airport. It has 97 spacious rooms and suites overlooking the golf course and East China Sea, and holds a Michelin Key.
Dining spans the teppanyaki Kise with Okinawan Wagyu and local seafood, the Southern Italian Riva, the indoor-outdoor Gusuku with Ryukyu breakfasts and live sanshin at dinner, and the Lobby Lounge & Bar. There is an award-winning spa in a separate building with treatments using local ingredients, indoor and outdoor pools, a hot tub, a fitness centre and treetop massage. Experiences run from on-site golf and a Ritz Kids Adventure to a Ryukyu morning ritual, coral planting and trekking. Part of Marriott’s Ritz-Carlton, it suits families and golf and spa-oriented travellers who want a resort steeped in Ryukyu culture in northern Okinawa.