Tottori Travel Guide

The white rabbit's legendary shore — a 4km white sand beach where a divine white rabbit was saved after being deceived by sharks in Japan's oldest myth (Kojiki, 712 AD).

One of the world's highest-radon hot spring towns, set in a mountain valley. Locals attribute the town's unusually low cancer rates to regular bathing — science backs up the claim.

Tottori's iconic volcanic peak, called 'Hoki Fuji' for its near-perfect cone shape. Ancient beech forests cloak the lower slopes; the summit trail rewards with views over the Sea of Japan.

Japan's most precarious national treasure — a small prayer hall wedged into a clifftop cave 520m up a mountain, accessible only via a challenging rope-and-chain rock climb.

The world's only permanent sand sculpture museum, where international artists create room-sized masterpieces from local dune sand. Each year's theme changes completely.

Hilltop castle ruins famous for Japan's longest siege (200+ days) before defenders surrendered to starvation in 1581. Reconstructed gates and surviving walls feel genuinely atmospheric.

Japan's largest sand dunes stretch 16km along the Sea of Japan coast — a genuine desert landscape of shifting ridges, camel rides and paragliding that feels deeply unlike anywhere else in Japan.

One of San'in Coast's most dramatic stretches — sea caves, natural arches and hidden coves along a 15km rias coastline. Glass-bottom boat tours let you watch fish through transparent floors.

A 17km natural sand bar so narrow you can see both Lake Nakaumi and the Sea of Japan simultaneously. The sunset over the inland lake is especially striking.