okas French Restaurant
okas（オーカス）
A natural-style French restaurant inside sankara hotel & spa, listed among Tabelog’s top 100 restaurants and the highest-rated restaurant on Yakushima.
Located in sankara hotel & spa Yakushima in Mugio, in the southeast of the island. Centred on an open kitchen, it has a counter, table seats and private rooms, and serves only a full French dinner course in the evening. The menu changes daily, pairing seasonal Yakushima ingredients with produce from Kyushu and across Japan. Its signature is pâté en croûte. The restaurant was listed among the Tabelog Top 100 French restaurants in the West region in 2023 and 2025, and in the October 2026 ranking it placed first among the Osumi Islands. Reservations must be made by calling the hotel in advance. Average spend is about JPY 30,000–40,000 per person. It is about a 40-minute drive from Yakushima Airport, and there is parking.
Opening hours
18:00–21:00 (last order 20:30)
Nearby sights
- Toroki Falls
- Senpiro Falls
- Mount Mocchomu
- Yakusugi Land
- Yakusugi Museum
- Onoaida Onsen
- Kigen-sugi
- Hananoego Wetland