点评:We'd never seen seawater so calm, clear and still before --- almost no waves at all till as far as our eyes could see, and the water was so shallow and crystal clear that it almost looked like an artificial lake. Unreal.
Then we noted that the famous sandbar roughly 100 meters from the start of the water probably acted like a natural embankment, thereby breaking the waves right there, resulting in this 100-meter stretch of extremely calm water. From afar, those walking on the barely submerged sandbar really looked like they were walking on water! So beautiful and it's probably because Taketomi's not well-known internationally.. hope it remains that way!
This is a no service beach e.g. don't see any lounge chairs or umbrellas for rent, so you'll have to bring your own if you wanna stay a little longer. They do have a rather small, old but clean public toilet somewhere near the entrance, where there is also a bus stop for the island's shuttle bus that stops by every 20 to 30 minutes? We just walked it since it's just a 30-minute walk from here to Taketomi Island Ferry Terminal. It's also about a 15-minute walk either way to Kaiji Beach (South) or Nishi pier (North).
翻译:我们从未见过如此平静、清澈、静谧的海水——目之所及几乎看不到一丝波浪,海水浅而清澈,宛如一座人工湖。简直难以置信。
我们注意到,距离入海口约100米处有一条著名的沙洲,它就像天然堤坝一样,阻挡了海浪,造就了这100米长的极度平静的水域。从远处看,那些走在几乎被海水淹没的沙洲上的人们,真的就像在水上行走!如此美丽,或许是因为竹富岛在国际上并不出名……希望它能一直保持这种状态!
这是一片没有服务设施的海滩,例如,没有躺椅或遮阳伞出租,所以如果想多待一会儿,就得自带。入口附近有一个比较小、比较旧但很干净的公共厕所,那里还有一个岛上穿梭巴士的站点,巴士每20到30分钟一班。我们选择步行前往,因为从这里步行到竹富岛渡轮码头只需30分钟。步行到南边的开司海滩或北边的西码头也只需15分钟左右。