Tottori

Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of located in the of . Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 538,525 and has a geographic area of 3,507.13 square kilometres.
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and its sand dunes are among the best reasons to visit western . There's more to do than climbing and collecting seashells — hang-gliders, sandboards, and even camels await.

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is a city in western Tottori Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 December 2021, the city had an estimated population of 146,139 in 68,534 households and a population density of 1100 persons per km2.

on the western border of Tottori Prefecture is an active fishing port and host to a Japanese Self Defense Forces base. The locally-caught crab is especially good, but the big attraction is as the home of Mizuki Shigeru, creator of the popular manga Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro.

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is a city located in the central part of Tottori Prefecture, . As of 31 December 2021, the city had an estimated population of 44,969 in 20,609 households and a population density of 170 persons per km2.

is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, . As of 1 January 2023, the town had an estimated population of 14,508 in 5471 households and a population density of 210 persons per km2.

is a town in Tottori Prefecture. Mount is the tallest peak in Western Japan at 1,729 meters, and many outdoor activities are available year-round.

is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, . As of 31 December 2022, the town had an estimated population of 16,515 in 6452 households and a population density of 210 persons per km2.

is a coastal town of 11,000 people in Tottori Prefecture, . lies entirely within the San'in Kaigan Geopark.

is a town located in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture, . As of 31 December 2022, the town had an estimated population of 6,056 in 2520 households and a population density of 26 persons per km2.

Tottori

Latitude of center
35.3555° or 35° 21′ 20″ north
Longitude of center
133.8679° or 133° 52′ 4″ east
Population
571,000
Elevation
136 metres (446 feet)
Inception
July 14th, 1871
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2504876017
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­province
Geo­Names ID
1849890
Wiki­data ID
Q133935
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Tottori” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Prefektur Tottori
  • Afrikaans: Tottori Prefektuur
  • Afrikaans: Tottori-prefektuur
  • Arabic: توتوري
  • Arabic: محافظة توتوري
  • Armenian: Տոթթորի
  • Asturian: prefeutura de Tottori
  • Asturian: Tottori (prefeutura)
  • Asturian: Tottori (Xapón)
  • Asturian: Tottori
  • Azerbaijani: Tottori prefekturası
  • Balinese: Préféktur Tottori
  • Basque: Tottori
  • Belarusian: прэфектура Таторы
  • Belarusian: Таторы (прэфектура)
  • Belarusian: Таторы
  • Bengali: তোত্তোরি প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল
  • Bulgarian: Тотори
  • Catalan: prefectura de Tottori
  • Catalan: Prefectura de Tottori
  • Cebuano: Tottori-ken
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای تۆتۆری
  • Central Kurdish: تۆتۆری
  • Chechen: Тоттори (префектура)
  • Chechen: Тоттори
  • Chinese: Tottori-koān
  • Chinese: 烏取
  • Chinese: 鳥取
  • Chinese: 鳥取県
  • Chinese: 鳥取縣
  • Chinese: 鸟取县
  • Croatian: Tottori
  • Czech: prefektura Tottori
  • Czech: Prefektura Tottori
  • Danish: Tottori-præfekturet
  • Dutch: Tottori Prefectuur
  • Dutch: Tottori-ken
  • Dutch: Tottori
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة توتورى
  • Esperanto: Gubernio Totoro
  • Esperanto: Gubernio Tottori
  • Esperanto: Tottori
  • Estonian: Tottori prefektuur
  • Finnish: Tottorin prefektuuri
  • French: préfecture de Tottori
  • French: Préfecture de Tottori
  • French: Tottori
  • Galician: Prefectura de Tottori
  • Georgian: ტოტორის პრეფექტურა
  • German: JP-31
  • German: Präfektur Tottori
  • German: Tottori
  • Greek: Νομός Τόττορι
  • Gujarati: ટોટ્ટોરી પ્રીફેકચર
  • Hakka Chinese: Tiâu-tshí-yen
  • Hakka Chinese: Tottori-yen
  • Hebrew: טוטורי
  • Hindi: तोतोरी प्रान्त
  • Hungarian: Tottori prefektúra
  • Iloko: Prepektura ti Tottori
  • Iloko: Tottori
  • Indonesian: Prefektur Tottori
  • Irish: Maoracht Tottori
  • Italian: prefettura di Tottori
  • Italian: Prefettura di Tottori
  • Japanese: Tottori-ken
  • Japanese: とっとり
  • Japanese: トットリ
  • Japanese: とっとりけん
  • Japanese: トットリケン
  • Japanese: 鳥取
  • Japanese: 鳥取県
  • Javanese: Prefektur Tottori
  • Javanese: Préfèktur Tottori
  • Kannada: ಟೊಟ್ಟೊರಿ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್
  • Korean: 돗또리현
  • Korean: 돗토리 현
  • Korean: 돗토리
  • Korean: 돗토리현
  • Korean: 조취 현
  • Korean: 조취현
  • Korean: 톳토리 현
  • Korean: 톳토리
  • Korean: 톳토리현
  • Latvian: Totori prefektūra
  • Latvian: Tottori prefektūra
  • Literary Chinese: 鳥取縣
  • Lithuanian: Totori prefektūra
  • Lithuanian: Totorio prefektūra
  • Lithuanian: Tottori prefektūra
  • Macedonian: Тотори
  • Malay: Tottori
  • Malay: Wilayah Tottori
  • Manipuri: ꯇꯣꯠꯇꯣꯔꯤ ꯂꯝꯈꯥꯢ
  • Marathi: तोतोरी प्रांत
  • Marathi: तोतोरी
  • Min Dong Chinese: Tottori-gâing
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tottori Koān
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tottori-koān
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tottori-kōan
  • Northern Frisian: Tottori (Prefektüür)
  • Northern Frisian: Tottori
  • Northern Sami: Tottori prefektuvra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tottori prefektur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Tottori prefektur
  • Norwegian: Tottori
  • Occitan (post 1500): prefectura de Tottori
  • Occitan (post 1500): Prefectura de Tottori
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tottori
  • Ossetian: Тоттори (префектурæ)
  • Ossetian: Тоттори
  • Persian: استان توتوری
  • Polish: Prefektura Tottori
  • Polish: Tottori
  • Portuguese: Tottori
  • Romanian: Prefectura Tottori
  • Romanian: Tottori
  • Russian: Тоттори
  • Scots: Tottori Prefectur
  • Serbian: Prefektura Totori
  • Serbian: Префектура Тотори
  • Serbian: Тотори
  • Serbo-Croatian: Prefektura Totori
  • Serbo-Croatian: Prefektura Tottori
  • Serbo-Croatian: Totori
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tottori
  • Sindhi: توتوري پريفيڪچر
  • Sinhala: ටෝට්ටෝරි ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovak: Tottori
  • Slovenian: JP-31
  • Slovenian: Prefektura Tottori
  • South Azerbaijani: توتوری اوستانی
  • Spanish: Prefectura de Tottori
  • Spanish: Tottori Japon
  • Spanish: Tottori Japón
  • Spanish: Tottori
  • Sundanese: Tottori Prefecture
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Tottori
  • Swedish: Tottori prefektur
  • Swedish: Tottori
  • Tagalog: Prepektura ng Tottori
  • Tagalog: Prepekturang Tottori
  • Tagalog: Tottori Prefecture
  • Tajik: Prefekturai Tottori
  • Tajik: Префектураи Тоттори
  • Tamil: டோட்டோரி ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுறே
  • Tatar: Тоттори (префектура)
  • Tatar: Тоттори
  • Telugu: టాటోరి ప్రిఫెక్చర్
  • Thai: จังหวัดทตโตริ
  • Turkish: Tottori prefektörlüğü
  • Turkish: Tottori
  • Ukrainian: Префектура Тотторі
  • Ukrainian: Тотторі
  • Urdu: توتوری پریفیکچر
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Tottori
  • Vietnamese: Tottori
  • Waray (Philippines): Tottori Prefecture
  • Waray (Philippines): Tottori
  • Welsh: Tottori-ken
  • Welsh: Tottori
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع ٹوٹوری
  • Wu Chinese: 鸟取县
  • Yue Chinese: 鳥取
  • Yue Chinese: 鳥取縣
  • Yue Chinese: 鸟取县

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