| 1．Okuhino Prefectural Natural Park ・Tottori Prefecture, Japan |
| Okuhino Prefectural Natural Park (奥日野県立自然公園, Okuhino kenritsu shizen kōen) is a Prefectural Natural Park in southwest Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1994, the park spans the municipalities of Hino and Nichinan.[1] 35°12′16″N 133°18′49.8″E / 35.20444°N 133.313833°E / 35.20444; 133.313833 |
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| 2．Sanin Kaigan National Park ・San'in, Japan |
| Sanin Kaigan National Park (山陰海岸国立公園, San'in Kaigan Kokuritsu Kōen) is a National Park in the Tottori, Hyōgo, and Kyōto Prefectures, Japan.[1] Established in 1963, the park runs continuously along the Sea of Japan coast from Tottori to Kyōtango.[1][2][3] The park covers 87.83 km². Sanin Kaigan National Park is known for its numerous inlets, rock formations, islands, and caves.[1] |
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| 3．Daisen-Oki National Park ・Honshū, Japan |
| Daisen-Oki National Park (大山隠岐国立公園, Daisen Oki Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in the Chūgoku region, Honshū, Japan, and spans the prefectures of Okayama, Shimane, and Tottori. Mount Daisen is the focus of the park,[1] which also includes the volcanic mountains and plains of Hiruzen, Mount Kenashi, Mount Sanbe, and Mount Hōbutsu.[2] The Izumo Plain region of the park is home to the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan, the Izumo-taisha.[1] The Oki Islands are also an important component of the park. The park was established in 1936 as Daisen National Park (大山国立公園, Daisen Oki Kokuritsu Kōen), but was expanded and renamed in 1961 to include the Oki Islands and Shimane Prefecture areas.[3] |
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| 4．Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park ・Tottori/Shimane/Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
| Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park (比婆道後帝釈国定公園, Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park that spans areas of Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, and Hiroshima Prefecture, to the east of the island of Honshu, Japan.[1][2] It was founded on 24 July 1963 and has an area of 78.08 square kilometres (78,080,000 m2).[3] As its name suggests, the Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park is composed of a series of mountains and ravines in the middle of the Chūgoku Mountains.[4] The park has virgin forests of Japanese beeches, Japanese oaks, Japanese horse-chestnuts and interesting ferns. Fauna include the Asiatic black bear, Japanese macaque, mountain hawk eagle and the Japanese giant salamander. Lake Shinryū is also a component of the park. |
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| 5．Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park ・Kansai Region, Japan |
| Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Kokutei Kōen (氷ノ山後山那岐山国定公園) is a Quasi-National Park in Hyōgo Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, and Okayama Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It was founded on 10 April 1969 and has an area of 488.03 square kilometres (188.43 sq mi).[3][4][5] |
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| 6．Misasa-Tōgōko Prefectural Natural Park ・Tottori Prefecture, Japan |
| Misasa-Tōgōko Prefectural Natural Park (三朝東郷湖県立自然公園, Misasa-Tōgōko kenritsu shizen kōen) is a Prefectural Natural Park in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1994, the park spans the municipalities of Kurayoshi, Misasa, and Yurihama.[1] 35°27′54.5″N 133°53′30″E / 35.465139°N 133.89167°E / 35.465139; 133.89167 |
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| 7．Tottori Sand Dunes |
| 35°32′24″N 134°13′39″E / 35.54000°N 134.22750°E / 35.54000; 134.22750 The Tottori Sand Dunes (鳥取砂丘, Tottori sakyū) are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At a length of 9 miles (14 km) and less than 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide, it is the largest sand dune in Japan. The sand dunes are part of San'in Kaigan Geopark, which is part of The UNESCO Global Geoparks.[1] |
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| 8．Mount Daisen ・Tottori Prefecture, Japan |
| Mount Daisen (大山, Daisen) is a dormant stratovolcano in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It has an elevation of 1,729 metres. This mountain is the highest in the Chūgoku region, and the most important volcano on the Daisen volcanic belt, which is a part of the Southwestern Honshu volcanic arc, where the Philippine Sea Plate is subducting under the Amurian Plate.[citation needed] |
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| 9．San'in Kaigan Geopark |
| The San'in Kaigan Geopark (山陰海岸ジオパーク) is a geopark in Japan. The area was declared a Japanese Geopark in 2008, and a UNESCO Global Geopark in 2010. The underlying themes of the geopark are "geological features, the natural environment, people's lives, and the formation of the Sea of Japan". This geologically diverse area contains records of the process from when Japan was part of the Asian continent to its present-day formation of the Sea of Japan. People's lives are also diverse in this area because of its geodiversity.[1] |
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| 10．Uradome Coast ・Iwami, Tottori, Japan |
| Uradome Coast (浦富海岸, Uradome-kaigan) is a scenic ria coastal inlet located on the Sea of Japan in Iwami, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. This area was nationally designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument on March 27, 1928[1] It was also voted one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan in1927.[2] It is one of the major geosites of San'in Kaigan Global Geopark. |
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| 11．Mount Mitoku |
| Mount Mitoku (三徳山, Mitoku-san), is a mountain located in Misasa, Tottori Prefecture. Mount Mitoku has an elevation of 900 m (2,953 ft). Mount Mitoku was known from ancient times as a place of both religious significance[1] and scenic beauty. The mountain is home to Sanbutsu-ji, a historically significant temple designated an Important Treasure of Japan in 1952. |
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| 12．Hiruzen |
| Hiruzen (蒜山, ひるぜん) is the name of an area located in the North of Maniwa City in the north of Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Hiruzen was formed of 3 small towns: Chuka, Yatsuka, and Kawakami, which together were known as the town of Hiruzen, which was merged with several other towns to become current Maniwa City in 2005. Its main feature is the Hiruzen Sanza (蒜山三座), a mountain located on the border of Okayama and Tottori prefectures on the main island of Honshu in Japan. The Hiruzen Sanza consists of three peaks of similar elevation, the highest being Mt. Kamihiruzen (Hiruzen (上蒜山)) at 1,202 m (3,944 ft).[1] The Hiruzen Highlands, (also known as the Hiruzen Plateau) has an elevation of 500 metres (0.31 mi) to 600 metres (0.37 mi).[2] Hiruzen is an important part of the Daisen-Oki National Park.[3][4] |
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