Hidden Gems Across Japan
1,610 spots
Kannon-in Temple Garden
Kannon-in Temple in central Tottori City preserves a 500-year-old pond-stroll garden (chisen-kaiyu-shiki) designated as…
Yonago Castle Ruins
Yonago Castle once stood as one of the most strategically important fortifications in western Japan, commanding views ov…
Tottori 20th Century Pear
Tottori produces 50% of Japan's 20th Century pears (nijisseiki nashi), a variety prized for its crisp texture, high wate…
Illustration — not a photographMatsuba Crab
Matsuba crab (snow crab) is Tottori's most prized delicacy, harvested from the deep waters of the Sea of Japan from Nove…
Kurayoshi White-Walled Warehouses
The Utsubuki Tamachi district in central Kurayoshi preserves a rare intact collection of white-walled warehouses (shirak…
Mizuki Shigeru Road
Mizuki Shigeru Road in Sakaiminato City is a 800-meter shopping street transformed into a yokai (supernatural creature)…
Uradome Coast
The Uradome Coast stretches 15 kilometers of jagged volcanic cliffs, sea caves, and white-sand coves along the San'in Ka…
Mt. Daisen
Mt. Daisen (1,729m) rises in near-perfect symmetry above the western Tottori plains, earning the nickname 'Mount Fuji of…
Tottori Sand Museum
The Tottori Sand Museum is the world's only indoor exhibition dedicated exclusively to sand sculpture, where internation…
Tottori Sand Dunes
The Tottori Sand Dunes stretch 16 kilometers along the Sea of Japan coast and rise up to 50 meters in height, creating J…
Hagi Castle Ruins
Hagi Castle (萩城跡, Shizuki Castle ruins) occupies a promontory where the Hashimoto River meets the Sea of Japan, built in…
Kikko Park
Kikko Park (吉香公園) occupies the former grounds of Iwakuni Castle's outer fortifications, where samurai residences and adm…
Yuda Onsen
Yuda Onsen (湯田温泉) is Yamaguchi City's hot spring district, where 2,000 tons of alkaline thermal water (pH 9.1, 72°C at s…
Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel
The Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel (関門トンネル人道) is a 780-meter underwater walkway connecting Honshu (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi) and…
Tawarayama Onsen
Tawarayama Onsen (俵山温泉) is a historic hot spring village tucked into the mountains of northern Yamaguchi, where narrow l…
Shokasonjuku Academy
Shoka Sonjuku (松下村塾) is a tiny one-room wooden schoolhouse where Yoshida Shoin taught radical Western studies and anti-s…
Akiyoshidai Plateau
Akiyoshidai Plateau (秋吉台) is Japan's largest karst landscape — a 130-square-kilometer elevated plateau where thousands o…
Sesshu Garden
Sesshu Garden (雪舟庭) is a karesansui (dry landscape) garden designed by Sesshu Toyo (1420–1506), Japan's most revered ink…
Iwakuni Castle
Iwakuni Castle (岩国城) perches atop Mt. The original castle stood for only seven years before the Tokugawa Shogunate order…
Hinoyama Park
Hinoyama Park (火の山公園) crowns a 268-meter hilltop overlooking the Kanmon Strait, providing 360-degree panoramas where you…
Omijima Island
Omijima Island (青海島) is a rugged, uninhabited coastal wilderness where volcanic rock formations, sea caves, and towering…
Hagi Yaki Pottery
Hagi-yaki (萩焼) is one of Japan's Seven Ancient Kilns, producing pottery prized in tea ceremony for over 400 years. The s…
Akama Shrine
Akama Shrine (赤間神宮) is a waterfront shrine dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who drowned at age 8 in the 1185 Battl…
Rurikoji Temple
Rurikoji Temple (瑠璃光寺) is home to one of Japan's three most beautiful five-story pagodas — a National Treasure built in…
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