Destinations
Mt. Daisen: Western Japan’s Fuji — Beech Forests, Sacred Slopes, Soft-Serve & Snow Crab
Daisen rises 1,729 meters straight off the Sea of Japan coast — an old volcano whose western profile…
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Destinations
Tottori Sand Dunes Done Properly: Sandboarding, the Sand Museum & the Uradome Coast
The Tottori Sand Dunes stretch sixteen kilometers along the Sea of Japan — the country’s largest accessible dune…
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Anime & Pop Culture
Yokai & Detective Conan: Tottori’s Manga Pilgrimage Towns of Sakaiminato and Hokuei
Anime fans fly to Tokyo for Akihabara and to real-life film locations across the country — yet almost…
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Culture & History
Nageiredo at Mt. Mitoku: Climbing to Japan’s Most Dangerous National Treasure
Halfway up a cliff on Mt. Mitoku in central Tottori, a small wooden hall stands wedged into a…
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Destinations
Misasa Onsen: The World’s Great Radium Hot Spring & the Bamboo-Swallowed Railway of Kurayoshi
Misasa Onsen, in the hills of central Tottori, holds one of the world’s highest concentrations of radon in…
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