Tottori Sand Dunes

The Tottori Sand Dunes are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in , . With a length of 9 miles and a width of less than 1.5 miles, it is the largest sand dune in Japan.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Watanabe Museum of Art and The Sand Museum.

Museum
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opened in Tottori, , Japan in 1978.

Museum
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Theme park
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is a theme park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tottori.

Photo: Carampaima, Public domain.
and its sand dunes are among the best reasons to visit western .

Tottori Sand Dunes

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Latitude
35.5413° or 35° 32′ 29″ north
Longitude
134.2253° or 134° 13′ 31″ east
Open location code
8Q7PG6RG+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 55954342
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­dunes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q780905

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tottori Sand Dunes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صحراء توتوري اليابانية”
  • Basque: “Tottoriko dunak”
  • Burmese: “တော့တိုရိသဲသောင်ကုန်း”
  • Chinese: “鳥取沙丘”
  • Chinese: “鳥取砂丘”
  • Czech: “Písečné duny Tottori”
  • Dutch: “Tottori Sand Dunes”
  • French: “Dunes de sable de Tottori”
  • French: “Dunes de Tottori”
  • French: “Tottori sakyū”
  • German: “Tottori-Dünen”
  • Greek: “Αμμόλοφοι Τοτόρι”
  • Indonesian: “Guguk pasir Tottori”
  • Indonesian: “Gumuk pasir Tottori”
  • Italian: “Dune di Tottori”
  • Japanese: “Tottori-sakyū”
  • Japanese: “とっとりさきゅう”
  • Japanese: “鳥取砂丘”
  • Korean: “돗토리 사구”
  • Malay: “Gumuk pasir Tottori”
  • Polish: “Piaszczyste wydmy Tottori”
  • Portuguese: “Dunas de Tottori”
  • Russian: “песчаные дюны Тоттори”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn-gainmhich Tottori”
  • Spanish: “Dunas de arena de Tottori”
  • Spanish: “Dunas de Tottori”
  • Turkish: “Tottori Kum Tepeleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Піщані дюни в Тотторі”
  • Vietnamese: “Đồi cát Tottori”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as 長者ヶ庭 and 合せヶ谷スリバチ.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include SL and 大型遊具.

Tottori: Highlights

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