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Tottori City
Tottori Prefecture · City
- Core city
- Prefectural capital
Official websiteTottori Prefecture page
Tottori City, the capital of Tottori Prefecture, grew as the castle town of the Tottori Domain under the Ikeda clan. The Tottori Sand Dunes, with beautiful wind ripples, line the Sea of Japan, and the Sand Museum shows sand sculptures. The Western-style Jinpukaku stands below the Tottori Castle ruins on Mt. Kyusho, and Lake Koyama and Hakuto Beach are nearby.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
Sand dunesTottori Sand Dunesdunes in Tottori, Japan
CastleTottori Castlecastle ruins in Tottori, Japan
LakeKoyama-ikelake in Tottori, Japan
Important Cultural PropertyJinpukakubuilding in Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Historic siteAoyakamiji Sitearchaeological site in Japan
Burial mound (kofun)Ube ShrineShinto shrine in Kokufu-chō Miyanoshita, Tottori, Japan
Shinto shrineHakuto ShrineShinto shrine in Tottori Prefecture, Japan
CastleShikano Castlecastle ruins in Tottori, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Shinwa-no-sato Shirousagiroadside station in Tottori, Tottori prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Seiryuchaya Kawahararoadside station in Tottori, Tottori prefecture, Japan
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Nishi-inaba Kirariroadside station in Tottori, Tottori prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
National parks in this city
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Tottori Prefecture
The description was written for this site, picking out representative features.