How many of you have been to the Chugoku region of Japan?
Chugoku Chihou/region 【中国地方:ちゅうごくちほう】, is a region that consists of five prefectures, which are, Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi.
Although there are airports at these locations, most of them are either domestic or very limited numbers of international flights that’s why many places around the region are not yet recognised by tourists. That is why we have gathered places we’ve been and built this list of places to visit in an itinerary for a rent-a-car experience around the region.
Have you ever been to the Chugoku region?
If you are going to drive around the Chugoku region, you will either be driving in from Fukuoka Airport or Kansai International Airport. For this itinerary, we decided to make our way in from Kansai international airport since we wanted to show around places like the Tottori sand dunes and make our way to the great shrine of Izumo.
So, as we did for the Kansai drive around, we took Nissan’s rent-a-car from Kansai international airport.
First destination, the only desert in Japan! Tottori sand dunes.
Believe it or not, there is a desert in Japan and it is located right by the sea of Japan within Tottori prefecture. It’s called the Tottori Sakyu【鳥取砂丘:とっとりさきゅう】, Sakyu meaning sand dunes.
It’s approximately sixteen kilometers east to west and two kilometers north to south.
If you walk to the top of the dunes, which is called Umanose【馬の背:うまのせ】, meaning the back of a horse, you will be able to see the panoramic view of the rest of the sand dunes with the ocean horizon.
Check out what else you can do here in our previous article!
Go visit to see the desert of Japan! (map)
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