Tottori-shi — Tottori-shi Map Poster & Print

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Tottori-shi Map Poster & Print

From above, Tottori-shi opens out along the lower Sendai River as it crosses a narrow coastal plain toward the Sea of Japan. The central streets are laid out in a compact, mostly regular grid between the river and the wooded hills to the east. Houses and farmland then thin out into valleys that run back into the Chugoku mountains, so the dense core stays small against a much larger landscape.

The best-known feature sits on the northern edge. The Tottori Sand Dunes run along the shore east of the river mouth and are among the largest dune fields in Japan. On a map they show as an unusually empty band between the sea and the town. Close to the centre, a forested hill carries the stone walls of the old Tottori Castle, and the streets of the former castle town spread out below it.

A Tottori-shi map poster shows how much of the city is shaped by water. It includes the river bends, the straight line of coast, a lagoon lake to the west and the irrigation lines across the plain. In monochrome, the sand dunes become a quiet white field and the mountain valleys turn into fine, branching lines. Tottori is the capital of Japan's least populous prefecture, and the drawing has the same uncrowded feel.