Every Place in the Catalogue

Daisen Milk & White Baracca

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The Daisen mountain foothills are home to several dairy farms that produce some of Japan's finest milk, cream, and soft-…

Tottori Nijisseiki Pear Tart

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The Tottori 20th Century Pear Tart (鳥取二十世紀梨タルト) is the prefecture's signature souvenir dessert — a buttery tart shell fi…

Misasa Onsen

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Misasa Onsen, by bus from Kurayoshi, is one of Japan's most unique hot spring towns, famous for its radon-rich (radium)…

Matsuba Crab Auction

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Sakaiminato Port is one of Japan's premier fishing harbors and the epicenter of Tottori's matsuba crab industry. Every m…

Tottori Shan-Shan Festival

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Every August, central Tottori City transforms into a sea of color and sound for the Shan-Shan Matsuri, one of western Ja…

Tottori Folkloric Museum

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The Tottori Folkloric Museum (Watanabe Museum) occupies a beautifully preserved Edo-period merchant house in downtown To…

Daisen-ji Temple

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Daisen-ji Temple, established in 718 AD, served as the spiritual gateway to Mt. Daisen's sacred peak for over a millenni…

Kannon-in Temple Garden

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Kannon-in Temple in central Tottori City preserves a 500-year-old pond-stroll garden (chisen-kaiyu-shiki) designated as…

Yonago Castle Ruins

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Yonago Castle once stood as one of the most strategically important fortifications in western Japan, commanding views ov…

Tottori 20th Century Pear

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Tottori produces 50% of Japan's 20th Century pears (nijisseiki nashi), a variety prized for its crisp texture, high wate…

Matsuba Crab

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Matsuba crab (snow crab) is Tottori's most prized delicacy, harvested from the deep waters of the Sea of Japan from Nove…

Kurayoshi White-Walled Warehouses

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The Utsubuki Tamachi district in central Kurayoshi preserves a rare intact collection of white-walled warehouses (shirak…

Mizuki Shigeru Road

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Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato City is a 800-meter shopping street transformed into a yokai (supernatural creature)…

Uradome Coast

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The Uradome Coast stretches 15 kilometers of jagged volcanic cliffs, sea caves, and white-sand coves along the San'in Ka…

Mt. Daisen

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Mt. Daisen (1,729m) rises in near-perfect symmetry above the western Tottori plains, earning the nickname 'Mount Fuji of…

Tottori Sand Museum

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The Tottori Sand Museum is the world's only indoor exhibition dedicated exclusively to sand sculpture, where internation…

Hagi Castle Ruins

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Hagi Castle (萩城跡, Shizuki Castle ruins) occupies a promontory where the Hashimoto River meets the Sea of Japan, built in…

Kikko Park

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Kikko Park (吉香公園) occupies the former grounds of Iwakuni Castle's outer fortifications, where samurai residences and adm…

Yuda Onsen

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Yuda Onsen (湯田温泉) is Yamaguchi City's hot spring district, where 2,000 tons of alkaline thermal water (pH 9.1, 72°C at s…

Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel

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The Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel (関門トンネル人道) is a 780-meter underwater walkway connecting Honshu (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi) and…

Tawarayama Onsen

Tawarayama Onsen (俵山温泉) is a historic hot spring village tucked into the mountains of northern Yamaguchi, where narrow l…

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Akiyoshidai Plateau

Akiyoshidai Plateau (秋吉台) is Japan's largest karst landscape — a 130-square-kilometer elevated plateau where thousands o…

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Iwakuni Castle