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sankara hotel & spa Yakushima

4.0 star property

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Outdoor pool
Hiking
Yoga
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Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Free airport shuttle
  • Bar
  • Spa
  • Gym
  • Breakfast included

Explore the area

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553 Haginoue, Mugio, Yakushima, Kagoshima-ken, 891-4402
  • Yakushima Botanical Research Park
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Toroki Falls
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Mt. Mocchomudake
    ‪7 min drive‬
  • Yakushima (KUM)
    ‪17 min drive‬

Room options

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Sankara Suite Ocean View | Free minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Sankara Suite Ocean View

  • 126 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Sankara Junior Suite Ocean View | Free minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Sankara Junior Suite Ocean View

  • 71 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Sankara Villa Suite Ocean View | Free minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Sankara Villa Suite Ocean View

  • 104 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Free minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Villa - Manasa (1F)

  • 53 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Single Beds

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Free minibar, in-room safe, desk, free WiFi

Villa - Manasa (2F)

  • 53 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Single Beds

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The price is CHF 462
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includes taxes & fees
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About this property

sankara hotel & spa Yakushima

Hotel in Yakushima with 2 restaurants and full-service spa
Along with 2 restaurants, this smoke-free hotel has a full-service spa and an outdoor pool. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking and a free airport shuttle. Other amenities include a 24-hour fitness centre, a poolside bar and massage/treatment rooms.
Sankara hotel & spa Yakushima offers 29 accommodations with DVD players and free minibar items. 30-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Fridges, coffee/tea makers and minibars are provided. Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit with a deep soaking bath, bathrobes, slippers and designer toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, desk chairs and telephones. Additionally, rooms include a safe and complimentary bottles of water. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness centre.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves with a trip to the on-site spa, which has 5 treatment rooms. Services include Thai massages, facials and body treatments. The spa is open daily.
Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at sankara hotel & spa Yakushima. During your stay, you'll be within walking distance of Yakushima Botanical Research Park. You'll find features such as free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking.
  • Free buffet breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Enjoy French cuisine while dining at ayana
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool
  • Treat yourself to facials, Thai massages or body treatments at the spa
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, a concierge and tour or ticket assistance
  • On-site recreation includes a 24-hour gym and bicycles to rent
  • Just a 2-minute drive from Yakushima Botanical Research Park and a few minutes from Toroki Falls
  • Free airport shuttle service
Sankara hotel & spa Yakushima offers its guests a full-service spa, an outdoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness centre. There are 2 restaurants on site. You can enjoy a drink at the pool bar. Free breakfast is served daily. Public spaces have free WiFi.

A library, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at the business-friendly sankara hotel & spa Yakushima. A roundtrip airport shuttle is free (available 24 hours). Self parking is free.

This 4-star Yakushima hotel is smoke free.

Guests are served a free buffet breakfast daily from 7 AM to 10 AM.
Ayana – This restaurant specialises in French cuisine.
Okas – This restaurant specialises in French cuisine. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Awards and affiliations

The property is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Japanese

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • 24-hour free return airport shuttle
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available daily 7 AM to 10 AM
  • 2 restaurants
  • A poolside bar

Restaurants on site

  • ayana
  • okas

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Bicycle rentals
  • Full-service spa
  • Library
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In a national park
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace

Full-service spa

  • 5 treatment rooms
  • Facials
  • Spa open daily
  • Thai massages

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Hardwood flooring in room
  • Lift

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Designer toiletries
  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 30-inch flat-screen TV with satellite channels
  • DVD player

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Free stocked minibar
  • Limited room service
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Living room
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age - 15

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children 13 and younger are not allowed at this property. All guests older than 13 are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.

We should mention

  • Reservations are needed for spa treatments. For reservations, contact the hotel before arrival using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
  • Children 13 years old and younger aren't allowed at this property.
  • As required by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, all international visitors must submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels etc). Also, it's required that lodging proprietors photocopy the passports of all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file.
  • Please note that some properties do not permit guests with tattoos to use the on-site public bathing facilities.

Property is also known as

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sankara hotel & spa Yakushima Reviews

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 81 out of 91 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 91 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 91 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 91 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 91 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.8/10

Amenities

9.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Randolph, San Mateo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Samuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Heather

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Johan, The Woodlands

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff and excellent service. Very nice property with spacious villas. Restaurant catered to our vegan diet. Good location from where to explore the island. Will return and highly recommend.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay; the staff was extremely attentive. The room and facilities were beautiful and comfortable. The food was excellent.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sankara was a perfect oasis of peace and tranquility on Yakushima Island. The service was impeccable. Everyone knew who we were and the villa we were staying at. So polite, gracious and helpful. The facilities were top notch and the spa was wonderful. We sampled the massages and facial treatments. Amazing experience. Dinner options were perfect. We were very impressed. My only complaint was the breakfast got a little repetitive and boring. We will definitely return.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly recommend! You won’t be disappointed!
Incredible place! The hotel staff were amazing, very friendly and on point. They didn’t miss a beat. They helped us arrange a rental car through their property, dinners, and hiking tours. They have a spa on site which is great. We were lucky enough to get sunshine both day we were there but had we been “rained in” it’s a perfect place to lounge and relax. We had the smaller room and this room was NOT small at all! Highly recommend!!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lorena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing
Everything about our stay was amazing. Sankara was easily one of the best hotels we have ever stayed in around the world. They made our honeymoon incredibly special.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent hotel
Excellent hotel, we felt taken care of from the airport pickup throughout our 2-night stay. They recommended a tour guide to go hiking in the forest, which was super helpful. The pool and the food was amazing (both the a la carte and prix fixe menus).
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Juliana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing
Very helpful and attentive staff. Excellent service and the hotel itself is amazing! The food at the hotel was exceptionally delicious.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

markus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic service on a unique island
Sankara is a great choice for yakushima, and my recommendation for anyone traveling there. The service is top flight. Our butler/concierge Sam was helpful, joyful, and outright hospitable with just the rain got amount of fussing-he intuited our needs perfectly. Food is fantastic-seafood fresh and prepared with nuance. The young (very young!) pastry chef is not only a genius, but sweet-she has an amazing career ahead of her. Bacon (breakfast) is of note. All this because half pension is included. Room is large and comfortable which is not of little mportance with all the rain n that yakushima gets. Bravo!

10/10 Excellent

ron, denver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
beautiful setting, best kept secret
most beautiful island in the world!!!! if you like hiking do not miss this island.

10/10 Excellent

BritPick, Los Angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel is beyond beautiful!
An extraordinarily blissful stay in this gorgeous secluded boutique resort. Wonderful attention to detail both in the rooms and the delicious, creative food. My daughter is vegetarian and eating in Japan has been a challenge, but the chef came up with delicious food for her at every meal! Staff were all delightful and genuinely cared that we had everything we could possibly need. I especially want to mention Ryoko, who raises the level of the hotel even higher.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exceeded expectations
Exceptional in every way. The food and service were very good indeed and the staff did everything possible to make your stay memorable - it felt as though it was very important to them that you were happy.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What, no unicorns on rainbows?
To compare this hotel with any other would be a disservice to its greatness. My wife and I arrived by ferry and were greeted by our butler (who quickly became our friend), Yui, with a friendly presence that we felt thru our entire stay. It took all of 30 seconds on the Sankara grounds to decide our stay needed to be extended by an extra day. We had the two best meals of our lives in the French restaurant. I say again, 2 BEST MEALS OF OUR LIVES. I could go on and on about every detail and moment when we were surprised by their welcoming spirit but this is already getting long. I will only say that if any of the Sankara staff were to visit our town, we would welcome them into our home and only hope to make them feel as honored a guest as they did us.

10/10 Excellent

SADAMASA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

HIROKAZU

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hirobumi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
３回目の滞在でした 料金的には厳しいのですが年に１度の優雅な一時を楽しむため頑張ります 帰りに来年の予約を入れて後にしました
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Antoine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best hotel I have ever been in my entire life! The place is incredible, the staff is more than perfect, the service is very very high quality, the food is great and the attention to every detail during your stay is impressive! If I could give more than 5 stars I would!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hiroaki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tomoko

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
美しい海と山に囲まれた最高の景色と、笑顔の素敵なスタッフの皆様の気遣い、美味しい料理、南国ムードたっぷりのお部屋と最高の時間を過ごさせていただきました。 ディナーは一階のアヤナでプリフィックスのコースをいただきましたが、どれも工夫されていて目でも舌でも楽しめました。デザートはビュッフェでどれも選べず！10種類くらい＋お茶菓子もたくさん。少しずつ全部いただきました。どれも美味しいし、見た目も綺麗で選ぶのもとても楽しいと思います。 お部屋は広く、たくさんの種類のお茶や珈琲も備えてありその時の気分で好きなものを楽しめます。ライブラリーでお借りした山本二三さんの絵画集を見ながらまったりくつろぎ最高でした！ スタッフの皆さんも島のこと、食べ物のこと、ホテルのこと、話題が豊富でお話しするのも楽しいと思います。お土産も持たせてくださったんですが、開けてびっくりする素敵なギフトご入っていました。 ぜひまた滞在したいです。できれば次はもうちょっと長めに！ 幸せな時間をありがとうございました。
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Asae

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
居心地の良いホテルです。働いている皆様のホスピタリティが高く感動しました。お食事、設備もとても満足しました。心からのんびりすることが出来ました。ありがとうございます。 また伺います。
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Masao

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
サービスがゆきとどいていました。
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Takahiro

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
最高のホテルです！
空港にバトラーの方がが迎えに来て頂き、空港を出た瞬間からサンカラの滞在が始まりました。 清潔で快適な部屋、最高の食事、屋久島の楽しみ方を提案してくれるバトラー、1人1人のコンディションに合わせたSPAメニュー、全てが最高でした。 帰る時にまた必ず来たいと思えるホテルです。
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024