Hotel Renn is a handsome, all-white hideaway that is a favoured escape of Japanese creatives. There are only three bedrooms, set on angled stilts, each with a balcony looking towards the ocean. Staying here feels like sleeping inside a picture frame, and you can hear the waves as you lie in bed. Interiors are simple; there are no TVs or pool (ruled out by the feng shui master), just a panoramic roof terrace beneath a dome of stars. Owner Renn Hokazono and his wife Minami are full of advice on how to make the most of this storybook island. His mother, Sueko, cooks a mini-banquet breakfast featuring pumpkin soup and buckwheat galettes.
Private Resort Hotel Renn, Miyako Island, Japan. Doubles from about £130

Located in a slope land with a splendid view of East China Sea and the coastline of Miyako Island, one of Sakishima Islands, Okinawa, the building is a lodging and a personal house. The site is about 2314㎡ (700 tsubo), seperated to two parts: lodging and residential building by linear programming. Around the building is a 200mm deep lotus pound, where the owner's favorite lotus flowers bloom beautifully. The promenade of the garden guides the guests to the lodging building. All of the guests who finished check in can enjoy the fabulous scenery of shining East China Sea from their guest rooms. Atmosphere here may be like a conversation between woods and the lotus pond around the building and the sea. Continuousness of natural scenery was born and makes the guests feel comfortable in their trip.