Hyakuna is a mysterious place, known as the stage of the Ryukyu creation myth. Standing on this historic ground, Hyakuna Garan was built in a Japanese–Ryukyuan style from the island's own materials, red roof tiles and Ryukyu limestone, so that the building would merge with the nature around it.
Corridors run around the whole building. At its centre is a courtyard where great banyan trees grow, and light, shadow and wind drift through it, drawing you into a time of rest.
Walk the corridors on each floor and you meet many places. In the courtyard that joins the main building and the west wing, three great banyans spread toward the sky. Sunlight falls through the leaves into the shaded corridor that surrounds them, close enough to touch, as if you were in a small forest.
A room that feels as if it were made entirely of dappled light. Beyond the akou tree, the blue sea glitters and even the sound of the waves comes in.
A room with nothing in it, and nothing needed. Please come in barefoot.
Original portraits of the figures of the Ryukyu Kingdom, picture scrolls that trace its history, and paintings of single scenes from it. The works were created from historical sources under the supervision of specialists in Ryukyuan history. Four hundred and fifty years of a long and brilliant kingdom, on the walls.
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A reception hall for ceremonies, banquets and events of every kind. A place to spend an unforgettable moment with the people who matter most.
An open library wrapped in nature, for reading and for tea.
Past the underground entrance opens a vast cave, called a gama in Okinawan, rising through the building. In its clear silence a stone Buddha quietly greets you.
The coast where the creation goddess first came ashore, the birthplace of rice cultivation, springs, castle ruins and the sacred groves of the Ryukyu religion are all a short walk or drive away.
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