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Anne Hathaway creates PR frenzy in Japan after mentioning Tottori in Devil Wears Prada interview

• Oona McGee
  Jun 12, 2026
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Casual mention elicits enthusiastic response from commonly overlooked tourist destination.

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• Japan
• (Anne Hathaway • government • hidden gems • hollywood • movie news • movies • news • social media • The Devil Wears Prada • The Devil Wears Prada 2 • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Local souvenir tip: our brains are scrambled after finding eggs cooked in the Tottori sand dunes

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 4, 2025

Our Tottori-born reporter buys some “sand eggs” cooked at insanely high temperatures to determine just how egg-citing they are.

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• (COK • eggs • Ikuna Kamezawa • sand dunes • sand eggs • SNJO • souvenir • Tottori)

Day 2 of our quest to visit all the Pokémon manhole covers in Tottori【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2025

Can we get to all the remaining Sandshrews before time runs out?

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Ikuna Kamezawa • manga • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • sandshrew • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • travel • video games)

Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 25, 2025

With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • cute • Ikuna Kamezawa • Pokéfuta • Pokélids • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • sandshrew • SNJO • stamp rally • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • travel • video games)

How to ride Japan’s awesome Pokémon Sandshrew Train【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2025

Finding this adorable train can feel like an RPG sidequest, but when the reward is this cute, we’re game.

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• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • manga • Pokemon • sandshrew • SNJO • Tottori • tourism • trains • travel • video games)

Searching for Japan’s “river of the dead” in Tottori Prefecture【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2025

Legends say Sai no Kawara exists on the border between the realms of the living and the dead, but the map says it’s in Tottori.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • culture • history • Ikuna Kamezawa • Mt. Daisen • outdoors • Sai no Kawara • SNJO • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • touris • tourism • travel)

Venture into some of Japan’s tastiest theme parks this Golden Week

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 28, 2025

These four food parks offer fun, flavor, and unforgettable experiences.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • cream cornet • food • food theme park • Golden Week • Gunma • Hattendo • Hattendo Cafelie Kisarazu • Hidaka • Hojo • Hokuei • Kanra • Kisarazu • konnyaku • Konnyaku Park • pork • Pork Festival • Saiboku • Saitama • theme park • Tokoton Matsuri • Tottori • wiener • wieners)

Museum unveils its first reconstructed bust of a prehistoric Yayoi-period woman

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 25, 2025

The statue offers a peek into the past based on actual skeletal remains and DNA analysis from southern Japan–and kind of looks like someone I know.

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• Japan
• (Aoya • Aoyakamijichi • archaeology • bust • DNA • museum • reconstruction • Tottori • Yayoi)

Case Closed: Detective Conan passenger trains in Tottori are about to get a fresh new look

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 12, 2025

There’s only one truth here and it’s that fans will be excited to ride in these stylishly updated train cars!

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• Japan
• (anime • Detective Conan • JR West • manga • new • San'in Main Line • themed train • Tottori • Tottori Station • trains • Yonago Station)

There’s a real-world Pokémon Sandshrew Park in Japan, and it’s adorable!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2023

Sand-loving Pokémon look right at home in this famous-for-sand prefecture.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • cute • parks • Pikachu • Pokemon • sand • sandshrew • SNJO • Tottori • travel)

Tokyo’s newest crane game prize is prized pears from west Japan, and you’re guaranteed to win

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2023

A sweet deal for some sweet Nijuseiki.

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• Japan
• (cool • crane game • food • fruit • satellite shops • Tottori • UFO catcher • weird)

Egg tart vendor promises not to accidentally sell realistic plastic samples a third time

• Master Blaster
  Nov 22, 2022

They say it’s a charm.

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• China, Japan
• (Andrew's Eggtart • business • food • food samples • Lord Stow's Bakery • Macau • tarts • Tottori)

Tottori art museum spends nearly 300 million yen on cardboard box art, gets mixed reactions

• Shannon
  Nov 9, 2022

It’s art, but some question whether it’s worth it.

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• Japan
• (Andy Warhol • art • art museum • modern art • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture)

Travel off the beaten path to a secret spot in Japan where bamboo grows wild on an old train line

• Oona McGee
  May 4, 2022

Like the bamboo grove in Kyoto, but with less tourists and more beauty. 

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• Japan
• (bamboo • COK • cool • countryside • Japanese scenery • Mountains • off the beaten path • photography • railway tracks • railways • SNJO • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

The most unusual ATM in Japan? Banking with yokai spirits who want to know your PIN

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2022

Bank earns praise for unique way of warning customers about sneaky souls in the area.

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• Japan
• (anime • ATM • ATMs • banks • cool • Gegege no Kitaro • manga • movies • Shigeru Mizuki • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourist sites • travel • yokai)

Prefectural rivalry in Japan: Survey reveals which areas compete against each other, and why

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2021

Competition between prefectures is real, and there’s a reason why it happens.

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• Japan
• (culture • Hokkaido • Okinawa • Osaka • prefectures • rivalry • Shimane • Surveys • Tokyo • Tottori • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

We try Starbucks Japan’s new sand dunes Frappuccino in Tottori

• Oona McGee
  Jul 28, 2021

One of the countries rarest 47 Jimoto Frappuccinos gets ticked off our list.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • jimoto • jimoto starbucks • sand dunes • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Tottori • tourist sites • travel)

Curry Land: A Mecca in Tokyo for Japanese curry fans

• Oona McGee
  Jun 22, 2021

A unique store filled with curries from around the country, featuring unusual local ingredients.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • beef • COK • curry • Curry Land • curry rice • food • instant curry • Japanese curry • Japanese food • retort curry • review • SNJO • taste test • Tottori • Wagyu)

Woman asks for eight-hour taxi ride in Japan, arrested when she doesn’t pay gigantic fare

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2021

Driver should have spotted multiple warning signs as soon as she said where she wanted to go.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • crime • sand dunes • tarvel • taxis • Tottori • weird)

Making igisu, a traditional Japanese food even most Japanese people don’t know about【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 16, 2020

A taste of Tottori that looks very different at the start from how it ends up.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • food • SNJO • SoraKitchen • Tottori)

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