Japan has sand dunes. And they're magnificent. The Tottori Sand Dunes stretch along the Sea of Japan coast, shifting with the wind. Beyond the dunes, pear orchards, hot springs, and some of the freshest crab in the country.
What Tottori is known for
Top-rated in Tottori
Amida-do Hall
4.6temple
The Amida-do Hall is the oldest extant Buddhist structure in the Daisenji Temple complex.
Tottori Sand Dunes area
4.4landmark
Sand Museum
4.4museum
The world's only museum dedicated to sand sculpture, with massive installations that change theme annually.
Kagikake Toge Pass
4.4nature
Kagikake Toge Pass crosses a southern spur of Mt. Daisen.
Takumi Kappo
4.5restaurant
An acclaimed kappo restaurant beside the Folk Craft Museum serving refined Tottori cuisine with local ingredients.
Mitokusan Sanbutsu-ji Nageire-do
4.6temple
Japan's most dangerous National Treasure, a temple embedded in a sheer cliff reached by chain climbing.
Sanbutsuji
4.4temple
Mountain temple whose Nageiredo hall clings impossibly to a sheer cliff face, reachable only by challenging climb.
Daisen-Oki National Park
4.4park
Daisen-Oki National Park, located in the San’in region of western Honshu, is a land of dramatic natural scenery and rich biodiversity with deep underlying historical, cultural and spiritual roots.