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Tottori

Majestic sand dunes and a whole lot more

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  1. Gegege no Kitaro
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    Gegege no Kitaro

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  2. Climbing Mt. Daisen
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    Climbing Mt. Daisen

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  3. Top 10 Destinations to See in Tottori
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    Top 10 Destinations to See in Tottori

    Tottori City
  4. Detective Conan’s Birthplace
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    Detective Conan’s Birthplace

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  5. Kurayoshi
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    Kurayoshi

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  6. A Grain of Film History: Tottori Sand Dunes
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    A Grain of Film History: Tottori Sand Dunes

    Tottori City
  7. Uradome Coastline Geo Park
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    Uradome Coastline Geo Park

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  8. Discover the San'in Region
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    Discover the San'in Region

    Tottori City
  9. Sand Boarding and Paragliding
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    Sand Boarding and Paragliding

    Tottori City
  10. Sanbutsu-ji on Mt. Mitoku
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    Sanbutsu-ji on Mt. Mitoku

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Misasa Royal Hotel
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Misasa Royal Hotel

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The Misasa Royal Hotel is located a 10-minute drive from the JR Kurayoshi Station in Tottori Prefecture, and is part of the HM..

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The Sand Dunes of Tottori
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The Sand Dunes of Tottori

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As the only geographical formation of its kind, tourists from all over Japan flock to this rural prefecture to experience this oddity...

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Tottori Sand Museum

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The Tottori Sand Museum has a range of detailed sand sculptures, made to coincide with an annual theme. The venue is located in..

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Tottori Sand Dune Views

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One of Japan's most breathtaking natural landscapes is the Tottori Sand Dunes. The dunes occupy a space of over 30 square kilometers..

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About Tottori

Okinawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Saga Kumamoto Kagoshima Miyazaki Oita Ehime Kochi Tokushima Kagawa Yamaguchi Hiroshima Okayama Tottori Shimane Hyogo Kyoto Osaka Wakayama Nara Shiga Mie Fukui Ishikawa Toyama Gifu Aichi Nagano Shizuoka Niigata Yamanashi Kanagawa Tokyo Saitama Gunma Tochigi Chiba Ibaraki Fukushima Miyagi Yamagata Iwate Akita Aomori Hokkaido
Region Chugoku
Island Honshu
Capital Tottori
Population 588,667
Area 3507.05 sq. km

The Japanese prefecture with the lowest population, the first thing that comes to the minds of many when they think of Tottori Prefecture (鳥取県, Tottori-ken) is its majestic sand dunes.

But there’s more to Tottori than just that. Daisen is Tottori’s other major symbol and an excellent hike, as well as the site of the holy Daisen-ji. The Nageire-do of Sanbutsu-ji is built into the side of a cliff and is a sight to behold.

Tottori is also famous for its numerous hot springs and the Kurayoshi District, with its preserved warehouses dating back to the Edo Period. A lesser known fact is that some of Tottori’s mountains become good ski slopes in the winter.

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