Tottori Hidden Gems

Japan's least populated prefecture — a coastline of sand dunes and pear orchards, with manga museums inland.

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Climate & Best Season

Wet, snowy winters and humid summers on the Sea of Japan. Crab season in winter, dunes best in spring and autumn.

Wakasa is the terminus of a nineteen-kilometre private railway that runs up a valley from Koge, and the whole station —…

A hall about thirteen metres high fitted into a natural rock cavern beside a mountain stream, its floor carried on long…