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Tottori Sand Dunes Sightseeing Guide
From trivia to how to enjoy Tottori Sand Dunes! Tottori Sand Dunes is one of the largest coastal dunes in Japan (16km from East to West, 2.4km to South to North), located along the Sea of Japan in Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture (From Tottori City Fukuba-cho Iwado to Tottori City Hakuto). Part of the dunes is designated as a Special Protection Area of Sanin Kaigan National Park. It is also designated as a National Natural Monument. Tottori Sand Dunes consists of four dunes: “Fukube Sand Dune” famous for its Japanese scallions (rakkyo), “Hamasaka Sand Dune” with sceneries like a desert, “Koyama Sand Dune” where Tottori Dune Conan Airport is located, […]
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Conan Street, the sacred place for “Detective Conan.”
Hokuei Town in Tottori Prefecture is the sacred place of ‘Detective Conan!’ You can meet Conan along Conan Street! Hokuei Town in Tottori Prefecture is the birthplace of Mr. Gosho Aoyama, the creator of ‘Detective Conan.’ From this fact, Hokuei Town is promoting itself as “The City Where You Can Meet Detective Conan,” and “Conan Village.” There are many bronze statues, colored objects, and stone monuments of ‘Detective Conan’ characters alongside “Conan Street.” Conan Street (Prefecture Road 167). “Conan Street” stretches for 1.4 km from “Conan Station” to “Gosho Aoyama Furusato-kan (Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory)” (Prefecture Road 167). Many Conan statues and monuments are built there, especially around “Conan Bridge.” […]
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Eshima Ohashi Bridge (Betabumizaka)
We were able to climb Betabumizaka of Eshima Ohashi Bridge without stepping on the accelerator pedal fully! Also, the brakes worked downhill! Eshima Ohashi Bridge (1.7 km in length) is a bridge between Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture, and Eshima Island of Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. The height of the bridge girder is 45 m from the lake surface at its highest, and with the help of optical illusions, it looks like a steep slope from the Shimane Prefecture (Eshima Island) side. It was also introduced by a car manufacturer TV Commercial as if the slope can only be climbed with the accelerator pedal fully open, getting famous as “Betabumizaka.” It […]
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Mizuki Shigeru Road, home of Gegege no Kitaro
“Mizuki Shigeru Road” is suited for night walks as well. A suspicious atmosphere surrounds us as the shadows of Yokai Monster appear on the road, the lights flicker, and strange sounds are heard. “Mizuki Shigeru Road” is a shopping street in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture. Sakaiminato City is the hometown of Manga artist Mr. Shigeru Mizuki (1992-2015), known for the manga ‘Gegege no Kitaro.’ “Mizuki Shigeru Road” is an 800m road that starts at JR Sakaiminato Station and ends at “Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Hall.” On the side of “Mizuki Shigeru Road,” many bronze statues of Yokai Monster in ‘Gegege no Kitaro’ is placed, such as Kitaro and Nezumiotoko. Not only […]
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Japanese mythology”Hare of Inaba” that is passed down along the Hakuto Coast
Hakuto Coast in Tottori Prefecture, where appeared in the story of Japanese mythology “Hare of Inaba” is the birthplace of the first love story of Japan! Hakuto Coast in Tottori Prefecture, where has beautiful white sands, is the shore where the Japanese myth “Hare of Inaba” was set. Hakuto Coast is part of the Tottori Sand Dunes, also selected as one of the “100 best beach of Japan”. In the offshore of Hakuto Coast, there is Oki Island where white hare has inhabited. The shore reefs continue from Oki Island to Hakuto Coast is compared to group of sharks that the hare have stepped and crossed to the coast in […]