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Tottori sand dunes

Monday 13th July, 04:00 AM JST

Sightseers explore Tottori’s famous sand dunes which stretch along the coast east of Tottori City for 16 kilometers. Visitors can tour the dunes on foot, by camel or in a horse-drawn carriage. Paragliding and sandboarding are also popular activities.

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  • Zybster at 10:29 AM JST - 13th July

    There is nothing to milk the money like a camel on the dunes.

  • smartacus at 10:40 AM JST - 13th July

    Doesn't look like any part of Japan I've seen. Are we sure this is Tottori and not somewhere in the Middle East?

  • zurcronium at 11:12 AM JST - 13th July

    Where is Omar Sharif?

  • cactusJack at 11:19 AM JST - 13th July

    I have heard a lot of Sarlaccs live around there.

  • moonknightskye at 11:49 AM JST - 13th July

    yup this is japan... a very small portion like about 1/6 of tokyo which is covered by sand

  • koneko22 at 04:03 PM JST - 13th July

    Tottori famous for sand dunes, also has great Samurai Museum too....very unique part of Japan..

  • griff at 05:29 PM JST - 13th July

    don't people complain about all this stuff blowing in from china? there is something similar in a part of france i visited as a kid. can't remember where, but it blows in from north africa, if i remember

  • xpompey8 at 06:08 PM JST - 13th July

    Learned something new today. All my time in Japan I have never heard of these sand dunes in Tottori. Worth a visit? Nah...I'll save the excitement for the Middle East.

  • Foxie at 10:32 PM JST - 13th July

    Yeah...those dunes are pretty cool...The best part is lying there in the sand and looking down into the ocean...you get a free high. The sand in the Sahara has a different color and of course its beauty will never match this.

  • OhioDonna at 10:58 PM JST - 13th July

    Good photo. Japan's best kept secret? I had no idea Japan had such beautiful sand dunes. They do appear to littered with garbage although cigarette butts are too small to see. (I would hope there aren't any.) I have been to some pretty beaches that were ruined by cigarette butts and doggie doo.

  • smithinjapan at 11:17 PM JST - 13th July

    If you're already IN Tottori it MIGHT be worthwhile to go and see this. Riding a camel? It costs a fortune for a short time, and is nothing but a sham, really. It is a rather unique element to the archipelago, as is the 'last jungle' on Iriomote Island in Okinawa (close to Ishigaki), but really 16 kilometers is not much. At least they're not calling it a 'desert'.

  • smithinjapan at 11:18 PM JST - 13th July

    I meant to add -- the hot springs in Tottori, and the crab if you're into the kani tours and what not, are the REAL reason to visit the place. Make the dunes a little detour for a couple of hours.

  • Fadamor at 02:08 AM JST - 14th July

    Are these the dunes where they made it illegal to make messages in the sand because they were too graphic? :-)

  • Japanfan09 at 04:57 AM JST - 14th July

    My old home! I used to live across the street. Fun times! The camels were my neighbors...

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