page_title: Tottori Prefecture
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Tottori Prefecture / Geography
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 境港市(手前)と松江市(右下と奥)の空撮。奥は中海、手前は美保湾。滑走路は米子空港。 English: Aerial view of Sakaiminato (foreground) and Matsue (background to right foreground) in Tottori Prefecture, Japan
context_page_description: Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 and has a geographic area of 3,507 km². Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hiroshima Prefecture to the southwest, Okayama Prefecture to the south, and Hyogo Prefecture to the east.
  Tottori is the capital and largest city of Tottori Prefecture, with other major cities including Yonago, Kurayoshi, and Sakaiminato. Tottori Prefecture is home to the Tottori Sand Dunes, the largest sand dunes system in Japan, and Mount Daisen, the highest peak in the Chūgoku Mountains.
context_section_description: Tottori is home to the Tottori Sand Dunes, Japan's only large dune system. As of 1 April 2012, 14% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Daisen-Oki and Sanin Kaigan National Parks; Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku and Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Parks; and Misasa-Tōgōko, Nishi Inaba, and Okuhino Prefectural Natural Parks.
  Mount Misumi is located within the former area of Mochigase that was merged into the city of Tottori in 2004.
caption: Sakaiminato
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