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Wakasa Local Culture Village

3.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Yazu-gun Wakasacho Yadora 37

A cultural facility located a 15-minute walk from Wakasa Station on the Wakasa Railway. Near the approach to Yadora village, it includes the Takumi-no-Yakata woodworking studio, the Sanbyakuda Family Residence (a prefectural designated Cultural Property), and the Wakasa Museum of History and Folklore. Most of the facilities are free to visit, making it an accessible way to experience the culture, tradition, and folk customs of Wakasa. The sight of the Wakasa townscape from the arbor at Wakasa Forest Park on the hill behind the facility is something special.

若桜駅から少し距離がある山のふもとに、町内にかつて点在した建造物が移築されています。そのうちいくつかの建物の中には、歴史や民俗に関する資料が展示されていて、建物と合わせて、往時の若桜町を偲ぶことができます。駐車スペースもあり入場は無料なのがうれしいところです。
Kurayoshi Museum・Kurayoshi Museum of History and Folklore

3.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Kurayoshi-shi Nakanocho 3445-8

"A museum located at the foot of Mt. Utsubukiyama with its tales of heavenly maidens, about 20 minutes by car from Kurayoshi Station. In a modern building with white walls and a shed roof, the museum is split into art and history sections. There are exhibits on local history and culture. The entire premises, including the waterways in the courtyard, symbolize Kurashiki's cityscape. In 1975, it won the Building Contractors Society Award. In addition to displaying the work of local writers such as Maeta Kanji and Suga Tatehiko, they also hold public commendation projects and feature exhibits. Maeta and his peers are known as ""Local Treasures,"" and this is a special chance to see their work up close."

丘の上の白亜の博物館で片岡鶴太郎展中であることを町ののポスターで知り急遽訪れた。多才の芸術家展を山陰の片田舎でやっていることと結構な人出に驚いた。
Daisen Masumizu Highlands

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Saihakugunhoukichou Ouchi Masumi Kogen

Daisen Masumizu Highlands is an upland area located in the western foothills of Mt. Daisen. During the summer and autumn months, the views from the “Expanse Lift” chairlift which ascends gently up the slope of the Masumizu Highlands are spectacular, and from the Observation Deck at the top visitors can view the Shimane Peninsula, the Yumigahama Peninsula, and the Sea of Japan. The Daisen Masumizu Highlands have been selected for inclusion in the Lovers’ Sanctuary Project list of romantic places to propose marriage.
Kurayoshi Yodoya (Former Makita Family Residence)

4.0

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Kurayoshi-shi Higashiiwakuramachi 2280-3

This townhome was built in 1760. It is said to be the oldest of the extant merchant homes in Kurayoshi. Consisting of a main building and annex, the residence was built in the sukiya-shoin-zukuri-style. The Makita family, to whom the residence belonged, were some of Kurayoshi's most well-known merchants; because of their close connection to the wealthy Yodoya merchant family (who famously built the Yodoya Bridge in Osaka with their own funds), they were also known as the Kurayoshi Yodoya. After renovation work conducted from 2007 to 2008, the main building and annex are both now open to viewing by the general public. The city's Dairenji Temple, to which the Makita family was connected, is the location of several generations of heads of the Yodoya family, each of whom took the name Yodoya Seibe, and many tourists visit both this residence and the temple.

こちらの倉吉淀屋は、土蔵群の中で最も古い建築物ということで、かなり趣きがありました。私は、建物の雰囲気も良かったのですが、この建物の持主だった商家（淀屋）の歴史が非常に興味深い内容でした。江戸時代、西国大名にお金を貸して力をつけて最盛期は現在の貨幣価値で200兆円もの資産を持ったことで幕府に目をつけられ一度財産没収にあうものの、紆余曲折を経て復活を遂げるといったお話、大阪の淀屋橋の名前の由来でもあ...
Genchu-ji Temple

4.5

4 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Tottori-shi Shinhonjicho 176

"A Jodo school Buddhist temple about a 10-minute drive from Tottori Station. It is said the temple began as a thatched hut in 1508 near today's Tottori Kita Junior High School. It is famous for its ties to the master swordsman Araki Mataemon, known for his involvement in one of Japan's ""Three Biggest Acts of Revenge."" There are numerous artifacts on display that were used in the 1634 duel, including swords and chain mail. The sliding doors in the temple kitchen with whimsical pictures of arhat drawn by Takagi Hyakusetsu are a big draw."

伊賀上野仇討の剣豪、荒木又右衛門の墓、記念館が有り、仇討の際折れた太刀などの遺品などの資料が見られました。三重県伊賀市の伊賀越資料館とともに荒木又右衛門について学べます。住職さんと思われる方が、羅漢ふすま絵、亀鶴庭と共に詳しく説明して頂けました。ふすま絵と庭園についつは知らずに伺いましたが、見応えが有るのでお勧め出来ます。
Fukada Family Garden

3.5

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Yonago-shi Kuzumo 5-6-22

"Legend says San'in's oldest garden was visited by Emperor Go-Daigo when he was exiled to the Oki Islands at the fall of the Kamakura shogunate. It's one of only two early Edo period ""crane and tortoise"" gardens left in the country, the other being at Kyoto's Saihojji Temple, also known as the moss temple. The small ornamental pond style garden has a bit of a Horai Garden feel. Designed after natural scenery, the pond has an island representing ""Shinsen Island"" as a prayer for prosperity. Designs that became formalized in the Edo period can be seen throughout the garden; it has been registered as a National Site of Scenic Beauty. Be sure to call in advance before visiting."

人が住んでいるようにも思いますが、庭の方には自由に入れる仕組みです。ここは、後醍醐天皇が隠岐の島に配流の際に立ち寄ったという言い伝えも持つ庭。池を中心に松の枝ぶりも独特の趣きだし、とっても風情がありますねえ。一見の価値ありです。
Yonago Castle Ruins

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Yonagoshi Kumechou

Kikkawa Hiroie built the four-tiered watchtower in 1591, and then in 1601 Nakamura Kazutada became the region’s governor and completed the castle by constructing the five storied keep. Currently only the stone walls remain. However, visitors can see a spectacular panorama view of Yonago City from the 90-meter high mountain top. It is a famous spot for viewing the cherry blossoms in spring.
Roadside Station Daiei

Transportation

Tottori Tohaku-gun Hokueicho Yurashuku 1458-10
Kyu Shioyademise

3.5

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Yazu-gun Chizucho Chizu 545

A historic structure about a 10-minute walk from Chizu Station. It was built during the Meiji and Showa periods as a residence of the Ishitani branch family, which played a major role helping advance the local community through modern times. Originally a traditional merchant-style machiya structure, it was destroyed by fire in 1889 and later rebuilt around 1897. With a large alcove and long veranda facing the garden, its frontage is more extensive than other local merchant houses, telling of the family's former prosperity. It has been designated a National Tangible Cultural Property because, along with the attached Western-style house, it typifies the architectural processes of such residential structures.

石谷家の大豪邸と街道を挟んで斜め向かいにある商家風町屋の伝統的建造物です。明治期に建てられたレトロな町家と見事な日本庭園を無料で見学できます。敷地内の洋館は西河克己映画記念館として公開されています。
Togeikan (Akagawara Building No. 11)

3.5

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Kurayoshi-shi Shinmachi 1

This ceramics shop and studio is situated amidst Kurayoshi's Shirakabe Storehouses (White Wall District), which has been designated the Kurayoshi City Utsubukitamagawa Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. The shop is outfitted with an electric kiln and offers a fun and easy pottery making activity for visitors. The shop's pottery, dubbed Utsubuki ware, uses a glaze which can only be obtained in the Kurayoshi region. Inside a renovated old Japanese home, you can make your very own pottery, such as a beer mug, mug, or yunomi teacup. The shop can handle up to around 40 participants at a time and is gaining attention as a tour destination for student field trips, company outings, and other travel groups.

駐車場が空いていなかったので、近くの市役所の駐車場に止めて歩きました。鳥取県は民芸の里ということで、趣のある器がいろんなところで見られます。この建物にも、たくさん展示してありました。今回は陶芸体験は見ているだけでしたが、次回は時間を取って体験したいと思います。
Sweet land TAKARA

4.5

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Kurayoshishi Sekiganechousekiganeshuku 2913

This store, located in Sekigane-cho, Kurayoshi City, manufactures and sells sweet Tottori delicacies including, Ofuroshiki, rice cakes with soy powder and sweet sauce, baked crab rice crackers and rice crackers topped with rice grains. Visitors can enjoy taste testing and sweets that can only be enjoyed in the store are popular including the soft serve ice cream made a variety of Japanese pears called 21st century Nashi. It is also recommended for families with children, and the factory tour is also recommended.

バスツアーで、三朝温泉に行く際、立ち寄りました。カニせんべいや鳥取梨ケーキなど、地元のお菓子をたくさん取り揃えています。お土産に最適です。それぞれのお菓子は、試食もできます。お茶のサービスもあり、一息するのに良い場所でした。
Hakuto Beach

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Tottorishi Hakuto

"The Hakuto Beach is an area of coastline located at the western end of the Tottori Sand Dunes. It is famous as the setting for the legend of the White Hare of Inaba, which is recorded in the Kojiki (""Record of Ancient Matters""). Special features include the view of the Oki Islands, from which the White Hare crossed over to the mainland by getting Wanizame (sea-monsters or sharks) to line up in a row so that he could jump from one to another, and the beautiful scenery created by the eroded rocks that resemble stepping-stones. Visitors can enjoy strolling along the coast and soaking up the unique atmosphere that its mythological connections have imbued it with, and in the summer they can enjoy sea-bathing and surfing. Near the beach is an area which is the southernmost point in Japan where Rosa rugose (Sweetbriar), a National Treasure Protected Species, grows in the wild; in early summer, visitors can see the Sweetbriar in bloom. Due to its associations with the legend of the White Hare of Inaba, Japan's earliest love story, the Hakuto Beach has been designated a Lover's Sanctuary Project site."
Ogamiyama Shrine

3.5

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Yonagoshi Odaka 1025

Mt. Daisen was originally called Mt. Ogamiyama and is where Okuninushi no kami, the great national goddess is enshrined. Worshippers have gathered at Mt. Daisen as the “Mountain of God” since long ago. The approach to the Okumiya, behind the main shrine, uses natural stone and has a mysterious feel. It is said to be the longest approach path in Japan.

令和5年の初詣で訪問しました。地元では縁結び（縁切り）にご利益があるとして知られた神社です。昨年の令和4年が自分にとって良くない事が重なったので、今年はこちらに参拝しました。今のところ、ご利益を感じる出来事が多いので、行ってよかったと感じています。
Roadside Station Encho-en

Transportation

Tottori Pref. Touhakugunyurihamachou Hikiji 563-1

This is a roadside station that offer products such as colorful Chinese items, Tottori sweet delicacies and local specialty goods. The popular snack at the station is the nashi pear soft serve ice cream made with Tottori prefecture specialty, “20 century nashi pears”.
Hasedera Temple

3.5

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Kurayoshi-shi Nakanocho 2960

"This ancient Buddhist is situated halfway up Mt. Utsubuki, symbol of Kurayoshi. The temple stands 300 meters up a steep mountain road; records state it was founded in the Nara period. The zushi miniature shrine in the main temple is one of only a very few in the San'in region to have been made in the late Muromachi period. The shrine houses an eleven-faced statue of Kannon, the temple's principal object of worship. Because of its collection of some 50 variously sized ema (votive tablets) offered to the temple between the Muromachi and Edo periods, the temple is also famously known as the ""Ema Temple."" The tablets are decorated with images which depict customs and folk beliefs from the various time periods they were made in. One of the most celebrated tablets in the temple's collection depicts a white horse which, according to legend, once ran free."

室町時代に建てられたお寺として、有名な建造物です。ウォーキングに参加すると、三色団子として地元で有名な打吹団子が食べられます。
Mikaen tourist farm

3.0

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tottori Pref. Tottorishi Fukubechouyuyama 1206

Mikaen is a “pick-your-own-pears” tourist farm located on San’in Road in Yuyama, Fukube Town, Tottori City. During the pear season, which extends from roughly August to November, visitors can eat as many pears as they are able to pick within one hour; they can also pay to take any surplus pears home with them.

鳥取砂丘に行った後に、梨狩りに寄ってみました。 11月頭ということもあり、シーズンが終わりかけているからなのか、周りの梨園は閉まっていて、こちらが開いていたので行ってみました。大人1人1000円ということで受付でお金を払うときに、梨は食べ放題だが無しが残り少なくなっているので持ち帰りはできないとの説明がありました。お土産用の梨が少しもらえるかと思ってたので残念でしたが、せっかく行ったので梨狩り...
Mitokusan Sanbutsuji Temple

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Touhakugunmisasachou Mitoku 1010

This is a temple of the Tendai Buddhist sect, with grounds on the 900 meters Mt. Mitoku. It is said that Enno Oguno was opened as a gyoba (practice site) for Shugendo mountain asceticism in 706, though details are scarce. It is famous for the Nageiredo sub temple built into the crevice of a sheer cliff, and even today details of the building method are not fully revealed making it a national treasure. Aside from the main temple, the grounds are dotted with halls designated important cultural properties including those for Monjudo and Jizodo. In the Homotsuden (treasure house) is Nageiredo’s original object of worship, a wooden standing statue of Zao Gongen. *Climbing to Nageiredo is currently prohibited because of the Tottori Prefecture Chubu Earthquake.
Fudoin Iwayado Temple

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Yazugunwakasachou Iwayadou

"Fudoin Iwayado Temple is located around 10 minutes' drive from Wakasa Station on the Wakasa Railway Line, or around one hour's drive from the Yamazaki Interchange of the Chugoku Expressway. Built in the Butai-zukuri style inside a natural cave, the temple ranks among the three largest Nageiredo hall in Japan. Hondo (Main Hall) was originally constructed in 806, and subsequently rebuilt during the Muromachi period (1336-1573). The larger temple of which it was part was burned down during an invasion of the region by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 16th century, leaving only Fudoin Iwayado building, which has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The main object of veneration in the temple-a statue of Fudomyo (one of the Five Wisdom Kings)-was carved by Kobo Daishi at the age of 33, and is one of the ""Three Great Statues of Fudomyo"" in Japan; the general public are allowed to view the statue twice a year, during the Goma Hoyo ceremonies in March and July."
Folk Crafts Shop TAKUMI, Tottori

5.0

1 Reviews

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Tottori Pref. Tottorishi Sakaemachi 651

Folk Crafts Shop TAKUMI is an art gallery and handicrafts shop located on National Route 53 in Sakae Town, Tottori City. The gallery showcases a large collection of traditional handicrafts products (both from Japan and overseas) collected by Yoshida Shoya, who led the handicrafts revival movement in Tottori Prefecture. The shop sells a range of handicraft products, including ceramics from workshops based in Tottori. The Takumi-kappo-ten restaurant serves cuisine made using locally-sourced ingredients on tableware made by local craftspeople. TAKUMI thus provides a comprehensive experience, with visitors being able to view, purchase and use traditional handicraft products.

鳥取駅から徒歩10分ほど。鳥取民藝美術館の隣にあるお店です。民藝美術館、たくみ割烹店と一体になっています。民藝の器が好きな人には、ここははずせないところです。鳥取だけでなく、島根や沖縄など全国の民藝の品物をあつかっています。
Wakasa Kawakobo DEAR DEER

5.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Yazu-gun Wakasacho Wakasa 979-1

「鳥取県内で害獣として駆除された鹿の皮を無駄にせず、命の副産物として活用する」というコンセプトに惹かれ、何度か訪問させていただきました！おしゃれな店内には様々な種類の手作り革製品が並べられていて、ついつい欲しくなってしまいます♪ 革のコインケース作り体験はとても楽しくて、旅の思い出にはもってこいです(*^^*)

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Tottori Areas

Tottori prefecture is Japanese seasonal diversity at its best: Huge sand dunes cover the north coast, making for the perfect summer beach trip complete with the unexpected addition of camels; November brings the delectable snow crab, while winter around Mount Daisen, the Chugoku region’s highest mountain, promises snow sports and magical views.