okinawa

looking for a recommendation on a beach area or guesthouse for late june or early july. i only have 4 days so i want to maximize my time near the ocean. i want to snorkel and surf if the waves are mellow.

Tokashiki, in the Keramas west of the main island of Okinawa, has a few really nice beaches. One is Aharen (for photos, check out this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/searchbrowse?psc=G&filter=1&q... )

The other is Tokashiku, here: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/searchbrowse?q=tokashiku&unam...

Hotel Sunflower is on Aharen Beach at this website: http://www.hotel-sunflower.com/

Tokashiku Marine Village is at this site: http://www.tokashiku.com/

Unfortunately both websites are in Japanese. If you have Google Toolbar, you can right-click on the page and it will do a literal translation for you.