Aloha travellers around the world!
Akiko's place is a tropical paradise (lovely buddhist temple with amazing garden). When we arrived at the place (Akiko even stayed up for us as we arrived late in the evening), Akiko welcomed us very friendly and with an open heart.
The place looks in nature even nicer than on the pictures. It is a wonderful cottage in the middle of the jungle. The room is very spacious so you have plenty of room for two people. It is very clean and well organized with tables, room for your bags and a comfortable bed. Clean towels and blankets are provided for you too. The cottage is designed with much aloha and love - a sacred buddhist place indeed. Interesting books to read about life, zen and love are provided for you. The close by bathroom (it's in Akiko's lovely junge garden) is clean and has all you need. The breakfast was amazing, we received lots of fresh local tropical fruits, tasty coffee and jummy goodies (i.e. home baked banana bread, porridge).
During the night you can enjoy the sounds of a jungle, i.e. the singing of frogs, rain, birds...).
As it is a tropical place there will be some mosquitos around. But do not worry, Akiko is very helpful and will provide you with her kind assistance (i.e. "owie" locally mosquite after bite, japan healing or a massage).
On top of that you can do meditation in the morning with Akiko. We strongly recommend to take this great opportunity. You will learn a lot about yourself and zen buddhism.
As you are surrounded by nature you can go for an uphill jungle or beach jog.
Akiko is very experienced so she can give you great tips for discovering the island- just ask :-). We even had the great chance to travel around with local people, visit sacred places and had lovely dinners with like minded travelers.
We feel very blessed for this wonderful experience we had at Akiko's place.