The area surrounding Tottori City has tourist attractions such as Tottori Sand Dunes, Honganji Temple, and Suwa Shrine; sightseeing events such as the Cherry Blossom Festival, Tottori Shanshan Festival, and Chizu Dodan Festival; and local delicacies such as ozoni (rice cake), brandy cake, and white rose coffee.
The most famous sightseeing spot in the area surrounding Tottori City is the Tottori Sand Dunes, which face the Sea of Japan. Tottori Airport is located in the vicinity of Tottori City, and is connected directly to nearby metropolitan areas and Tokyo, making it a very convenient area for transportation.
Kozan Pond, a brackish lake in the northern part of the area, is the largest in Japan. In winter, the catch of Matsuba crab is abundant, and eating crab and soaking in hot springs in the deep snow is one of the best parts of a trip to this area.
Chigusa is a town that retains the atmosphere of an old-fashioned inn town street that has become "Chigusa-juku" of the "Bizen Kaido" road, which is mostly forested with mountains.
The "Tottori Sand Dunes" receive many tourists every year and are one of the largest coastal sand dunes in Japan. Visitors can experience the exotic atmosphere of the dunes by taking a camel ride. There is also a "sightseeing carriage," so if you would like to experience it, you should definitely take a ride.
The dunes are dotted with monuments to poets such as Akiko Yosano, Gyosui Morikawa, Kyoshi Takahama, Tomoyoaki Edano, and Takeo Arishima. You can take a walk around the area in search of these monuments. The entire dune was designated as a natural monument in 1955.
This Chigashirajuku is also the road connecting the Inaba-kaido and Bizen-kaido roads, and was also the road of "Sankyo Koshoku". This traffic in Chigashira has been selected as one of the "100 best roads" and "100 best walking trails" in history.
The town is also home to temples, shrines, and townhouses, which can still be seen in their original form. The Ishitani Family Residence, a National Important Cultural Property, is one of the largest townhouses in the area. Seven of the houses, including the main house, are included in the list, and the garden on the grounds is also a registered monument.
In addition, the Shimo-cho and Nakamachi Community Centers are both registered as Tangible Cultural Properties. Several other buildings are also treated as cultural properties and play an important role in preserving the atmosphere of the time.
Many of the local specialties in the area surrounding Tottori City are associated with the dunes, such as "Sunatamago (sand egg)," "Sunagoka Nagaimo (dune potatoes)," "Sunagoka Rakko (dune rakkyo)," and "Daiei Suika (watermelon). However, crab, a winter specialty, is still the most famous local food.
One of the largest sand dunes in Japan, the Tottori Sand Dunes were created over a period of 100,000 years.They stretch 16 km from east to west and 2 km from north to south. Depending on the topography and weather conditions such as wind, you can see various expressions such as wind ripples and sand curtains.Rare dune plants can also be found here. The world's first "Sand Museum," which exhibits ...»
The coastline from the eastern tip of Tottori Prefecture is a 15-km-long rias coastline with granite cliffs, strange rocks, caves, and caves caused by the erosion of sea water, and islands and rocks of various sizes are scattered throughout the sea surface. The beautiful ocean spreads out right in front of you, and when you go down to the sandy beach, you can feel the high degree of transparency. ...»
The Sand Museum, located in a corner of the Tottori Sand Dunes, exhibits the world's only sand sculptures, or "sand sculptures," created using only sand and water. Changing themes each year, the world's top sand sculptors create delicate and powerful works of art. Visitors to this museum can fully enjoy the mysterious world created by the beauty of sand sculptures. An overwhelming world of scale...»
Located in the setting of the myth "Inaba no Shirohagi (White Hare of Inaba)," Shirohagi Shrine is dedicated to the White Hare God. The shrine is said to be beneficial for curing skin diseases and for matchmaking, and there is also a "Goshimiaraike Pond" where the hare is said to have washed its body. The shrine plexus is designated as a natural monument, and the adjacent roadside station, "Mythol...»
This hall, also called "kutsu-do" (cave hall), was built in a natural rock cave and is said to have been constructed during the Daido period (806~810). It is the architecture of a Shugendo temple. It is a National Important Cultural Property. It is said that this temple was part of Myokenzan Shinkoji Temple, which was a large temple with a domain of 150 koku (approximately one hundred and fifty k...»
Tottori sand dunes are a famous symbol of the prefecture. Sakyu rakkyo (sand dune Chinese onions) grown in this unique natural environment are white in color, and boast a crisp texture thanks to the minute fibers. Fundamentally, sand dunes are not suited to growing any crops, and people say that is why the rakkyo grown here are so brimming with vitality. Rakkyo grown here are salted, then pickled ...»