Tottori Prefecture stretches along Japan's San'in coast on the Sea of Japan, home to the Tottori Sand Dunes, the country's largest coastal dune system, and the yokai-themed Mizuki Shigeru Road in the port town of Sakaiminato. Japan's least populous prefecture, Tottori pairs a dramatic, uncrowded coastline with Mount Daisen's hiking trails, the white-walled storehouse district of Kurayoshi, and radium-rich hot springs at Misasa and Kaike Onsen.
Luxury hotels
Five-star and palace properties.
Radium Hot Spring Kiya Ryokan
Cultural-property inn in Misasa Onsen, founded in 1868, built around one of the world's most radioactive hot springs by natural radon concentration. Historic wooden architecture, radium-spring bathing said locally to have healing properties, and kaiseki dinner using San'in seafood and Tottori beef.
Misasakan
Free-flowing natural hot spring ryokan in Misasa Onsen with a 3,300-square-meter Japanese garden, an open-air bath fed by a small waterfall, and a women's-only rose bath where blossoms float on the water's surface.
Fuyo Bekkan
Seaside ryokan at Kaike Onsen in Yonago, on the Yumigahama peninsula facing the Sea of Japan, with baths drawing on Kaike's naturally warm, slightly saline spring water and dinner built around San'in coastal seafood.
Fine dining
Michelin-starred and chef-driven restaurants.
Daisen Kuroushi Dokoro Kyoshotei
Restaurant specializing exclusively in rare Daisen kuroushi beef near Mount Daisen, featured in the Michelin Guide since 2019, with a signature kaiseki-style course balancing the beef's marbled fat against its lean cuts.
Matsuba Crab Kaiseki at a Karoichi-area Restaurant
Multi-course matsuba-gani crab kaiseki dinner at a restaurant beside Karoichi Market and Karo Port in Tottori City, built around crab landed the same day during the November–March season.