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MisasaThe Nageiredo at its inner sanctuary is a National Treasure: a hall wedged into a hollow in a sheer cliff, and no one knows how it was built. Reaching it means climbing by chain, and you are not allowed up alone.
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DaisenThe Fuji of Hoki, and the highest peak in the Chugoku region. Beech forest spreads across it.
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MisasaOne of the strongest radon springs in the world. You can also drink it and inhale it.
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TottoriFounded by a doctor who did not merely collect folk craft but commissioned new designs from living potters.
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01Walk the DunesCross the undulating sands and take in sweeping views toward the Sea of Japan.See related entries →Hashi photo · CC BY-SA 3.0
02Cruise UradomeExplore sea caves and crystalline coves by sightseeing boat or kayak.See related entries →Original: Yuniko, this edit: MPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
03Hike Mt. DaisenHike the Chugoku region's highest mountain through beech forests to coastal views.See related entries →Taisyo · CC BY 3.004Climb Mt. MitokuFollow an austere mountain trail toward Nageiredo Hall, perched on a cliff.See related entries →Saigen Jiro · CC005Soak at MisasaUnwind in the historic hot springs lining the Mitoku River.See related entries →Mti · CC BY-SA 3.0
06Stroll KurayoshiBrowse craft shops and cafés among Kurayoshi's white storehouses and red tiles.See related entries →Aimaimyi · CC BY-SA 3.0NEED TO KNOW
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663highland · CC BY 2.5Walk among blossoms around Mt. Daisen and fresh greenery on Mt. Mitoku.
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663highland · CC BY 2.5Cruise or swim in the clear waters of the Uradome Coast.
See recommendations for this season →663highland · CC BY 2.5See fiery foliage on Mt. Daisen and golden light across the dunes.
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Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0Snowy Mt. Daisen, Matsuba crab and hot springs define winter.
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What people have long eaten in this place. We collect the dishes themselves, not restaurants.
Large triangles of fried tofu stuffed with raw rice, burdock, carrot and dried shiitake, then cooked slowly in dashi. They have long been packed with plenty of filling so that a small amount of rice is enough to fill you up.
Area：Western area, Yumigahama Peninsula
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Glutinous rice combined with chicken, dried shiitake, burdock, carrot, konjac, chestnuts and chikuwa fish cake, then steamed together with a broth seasoned with sugar and soy sauce.
Area：Western area (around Mt. Daisen)
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Tofu is stir-fried first, then burdock, carrot, dried shiitake, shredded konjac and fried tofu are added and fried, after which rice and dashi are combined and cooked together. A lightly seasoned mixed rice.
Area：Eastern and central areas
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Firm tofu mixed with fish paste, wrapped around a stick and steamed. Eaten with ginger and soy sauce, or lightly grilled.
Area：Central and eastern areas
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Flying fish paste wrapped around a stick and grilled. Torn by hand and eaten as it is, and also used as an ingredient or a stock base for clear soups.
Area：Throughout the prefecture
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Rice mixed with vinegar dressing is shaped by hand, topped with thin slices of salted trout soaked in vinegared water and sansho (Japanese pepper) berries, and wrapped in a persimmon leaf.
Area：Chizu
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Female snow crab split in half in the shell, put in from cold water and simmered with daikon, with miso stirred in after the heat is turned off. Not many other ingredients are added.
Area：Tottori
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Igisu seaweed soaked in water, simmered over very low heat until it dissolves, then poured into a container and left to set as it cools. Cut into pieces and eaten with vinegared miso or ginger soy sauce.
Area：Central area
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
A sweet zoni soup: adzuki beans are soaked to draw off their harshness, boiled until soft and sweetened with sugar, then round mochi boiled in a separate pot is added.
Area：Eastern and central areas
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Rakkyo grown in sand dunes is salted for more than two weeks so that it ferments with lactic acid, desalted, then pickled in sweet vinegar or similar. There is also a method that skips the salting stage.
Area：Fukube-cho in Tottori, Hokuei
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Wakame is washed in water soon after it is cut, and the fronds are spread out one by one, laid side by side and dried at a low temperature for about a day, making sheets of dried wakame. Eaten as it is, or lightly toasted and scattered over rice.
Area：All coastal areas of the prefecture
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Sandfish opened along the back and cured with salt and seasoned vinegar, with toasted, seasoned okara packed into the belly and left for several days to settle. Cut into pieces and eaten with soy sauce.
Area：Karo area (Tottori)
Source：Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
MICHI-NO-EKI / 17
Rest facilities registered by Japan's national government. Each has parking and toilets open 24 hours, and by definition includes a facility that sells local products. This is where the making and the food of this prefecture can actually be bought.
There are 17 stations in this prefecture in all (national registry).
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INTERESTS / 12
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Hakuto Jinja · Aimaimyi · CC BY-SA 3.0Hakuto Jinja ／ Mitokusan Sanbutsuji
To the listTottori Sakyu · Hashi photo · CC BY-SA 3.0Tottori Sakyu ／ Mt. Daisen
To the listMisasa Onsen · Mti · CC BY-SA 3.0Misasa Onsen ／ Iwai Onsen
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Mizuki Shigeru Road · Aimaimyi · CC BY-SA 3.0Mizuki Shigeru Road ／ Matsuba Crab
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Kurayoshi · Mti · CC BY-SA 3.0Kurayoshi ／ Jinpukaku
To the listTottori Folk Crafts Museum · Asturio Cantabrio · CC BY-SA 4.0Tottori Folk Crafts Museum ／ Tottori Prefectural Museum
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Sand Museum · KASEI · CC BY-SA 3.0Sand Museum ／ Mizuki Shigeru Road
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Tottori Sand Dunes · Free Images · CC BY 2.0Tottori Sand Dunes ／ Hakuto Coast
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Yoshitani Machinery Works Head Office Factory · KASEI · CC BY-SA 3.0Yoshitani Machinery Works Head Office Factory ／ Yonago City San'in Historical Museum
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Chizu-juku · 663highland · CC BY 2.5Chizu-juku ／ Fudo-in Iwayado
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Daisen Dairy Agricultural Cooperative Head Office Factory · Ebiebi2 · CC0Daisen Dairy Agricultural Cooperative Head Office Factory ／ Tofu Chikuwa no Sato Chimura
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Hakuto Beach · Yobito KAYANUMA · CC BY-SA 3.0Hakuto Beach ／ Tottori Toshogu Shrine (Ouchidani Shrine) and Ouchidani Park
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Shrines & TemplesHeld to be the setting of the White Hare of Inaba in the Kojiki. Okuninushi helped a hare whose skin had been stripped off by sharks, and that hare then brought Okuninushi and Yagamihime together. That is why it is counted among the oldest matchmaking shrines in Japan. The stage of the myth is right there on the map.
Historic DistrictsYokai were originally the shapes people gave to what they could not explain. The culture on the reverse side of faith.
Nature & SceneryOne of the largest dune fields in Japan. A serpent legend is told of the pond beside it.
Contemporary ArtTwo point four kilometres north to south, sixteen east to west. Wind ripples and sand curtains form here.
Art & CraftsThe only museum in the world devoted to sand sculpture. It is rebuilt to a new theme each year.
ArchitectureSMILE NEWS / 136
Stories that lift your spirits a little, collected with their sources.
Tottori Prefecture is holding a touring exhibition in Kurayoshi on "A Distant Neighborhood" by manga artist Jiro Taniguchi, who lived in Tottori until age 18. It runs at the Tottori Prefectural Museum of Art (Oct 4-14) and Utsubuki Kairo (Oct 20-Nov 11), with free admission.
source: TottoriIn Chile's Patagonia National Park, a women-led ranger team returned 13 Darwin's rheas to the wild in April 2026. Working with the Rewilding Chile Foundation, they care for the birds around the clock; surveys once estimated only about 11 to 15 remained.
source: MongabayA new dinosaur species, Musango matusadonaensis, has been described from rocks about 210 million years old in Matusadona National Park on the shore of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. The bipedal, not-yet-adult animal was about 4.5 metres long, and the find suggests Zimbabwe's dinosaur fauna differed from South Africa's.
source: Phys.org (The Conversation)Hashtags often used for this area. Each opens the tag page on Instagram.
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