A fantastical world spreads across Tottori, one of Japan's three largest sand dunes

Tottori Sand Dunes is one of the three largest sand dunes in Japan!

It is a vast sandy gravel area that spreads along the Sea of Japan coast in Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture, and is a representative coastal sand dune.

It is a special protected area of the San'in Kaigan National Park, and stretches 2.4 km north to south and 16 km east to west.

It is a very precious sand dune that was designated a national natural monument in 1955 (Showa 30) and selected as one of Japan's 100 best geological features in 2007 (Heisei 19).

Visitors will be captivated by its vastness and the fantastic art created by nature.

When you cross the hill-like part called "Umanose", you will reach the Sea of Japan.

Offshore, you can see an uninhabited island called "Kujirajima", which is shaped like a whale.

Climbing "Umanose" is quite difficult.

It is best to go barefoot unless it is hot.

The coast is clean and the water is also clean.

If you want to see the wind patterns in the sand, known as "wind ripples," it might be best to go early in the morning.

When I went there around 10am, there were already footprints everywhere.

There were faint black patterns, but there were so many footprints that I couldn't see them in a clean state.

You can walk to the Tottori Sand Dunes, but it's also fun to take the sand dune lift to the dunes.

Adults: 300 yen one way, 400 yen round trip.
Children: 200 yen one way, 300 yen round trip. Free for children under 4.
The ticket machine was not at the lift station, but at the sand dune center. (Everyone went to the lift station, was told they didn't have any tickets, and went back to the sand dune center. It was a bit unfriendly.)

There are also camels on the dunes.
The guide map says that you can ride a camel if you pay a fee, but in reality, you can only see photos.
Photos: Ride the camel and take a photo with your own camera or smartphone: 600 yen

Just stand in front of the camel: 100 yen

Photos you end up buying: 1300 yen

While riding the camel and taking photos with your smartphone, a photographer appears and takes photos with your smartphone, but the photos are random (the string or the old man are in them), and at the end, he says "with this camera" and takes a photo with the photographer's camera.

They tell you to stop by "Rakudaya" on your way out,

and when you go there, the free one is a small one like a stamp.

Then they sell you a normal photo for 1300 yen.

You think it's kind of them to take a photo with your smartphone, but in the end, they take weird photos on your smartphone on purpose, and you end up buying a 1300 yen photo lol Be careful.

❇︎Tottori Sand Dunes❇︎

Yuyama, Fukube-cho, Tottori-shi, Tottori Prefecture

From Tottori Station Bus Terminal, bus stop 0, about 20 minutes
Get off at Sand Dunes Hall

The bus to the sand dunes does not accept IC cards, only cash.

It was 380 yen to the sand dunes. Make sure you have some coins ready~

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