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Kurayoshi City
Tottori Prefecture · City
Official websiteTottori Prefecture page
Kurayoshi City is the center of central Tottori Prefecture. The Utsubuki-tamagawa district at the foot of Mt. Utsubuki is known for white-walled storehouses and red-tiled houses. In ancient times, the provincial capital of Hoki Province was here. The city has a museum on the history of the Nijisseiki (20th Century) pear and the Tottori Prefectural Museum of Art.
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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Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Historic townscapeUtsubuki-tamagawa
MuseumTottori Prefectural Museum of Artart museum in Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan
MuseumTottori Nijisseiki Pear Museummuseum in Kurayoshi, Tottori pref., Japan
Hot spring (onsen)Sekigane Onsen
Buddhist templeOmido temple ruinsarchaeological site in Tottori, Japan
ParkKurayoshi Park Squarepark in Japan
MuseumKurayoshi Figure Museummuseum in Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan
Buddhist templeDaigaku-in Templetemple in Kurayoshi, Tottori
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Inubasariroadside station in Kurayoshi, 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
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