Editing Tottori Prefecture

{{Short description|Prefecture of Japan}}
{{redirect|Tottori, Japan|the city|Tottori (city)}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| image_caption            = [[Tottori Sand Dunes]] near [[Tottori City]], a popular tourist attraction in Tottori Prefecture
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Chūgoku region|Chūgoku]] ([[San'in region|San'in]])
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of islands of Japan|Island]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Honshu]]
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| seat                     = [[Tottori, Tottori|Tottori]]
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| p1                       = [[Districts of Japan|Districts]]: 5
| p2                       = [[Municipalities of Japan|Municipalities]]: 19
| leader_title             = [[List of prefectural governors in Japan|Governor]]
| leader_name              = [[Shinji Hirai]]
| area_total_km2           = 3,507.13
| area_water_percent       = 0.7
| area_rank                = [[List of Japanese prefectures by area|41st]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 538525
| population_as_of         = July 1, 2023
| population_rank          = [[List of Japanese prefectures by population|47th]]
| population_density_km2   = 154
| demographics_type2              = GDP 
| demographics2_footnotes         = <ref>{{Cite web |title=2020年度国民経済計算（2015年基準・2008SNA） : 経済社会総合研究所 – 内閣府 |url=https://www.esri.cao.go.jp/jp/sna/data/data_list/kakuhou/files/2020/2020_kaku_top.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=内閣府ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1            = Total
| demographics2_info1   = [[JP¥]] 1,893 billion<br />[[US$]] 17.4 billion (2019)
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| bird     = [[Mandarin duck]] (''Aix&nbsp;galericulata'')
| fish     = 
| flower   = Nijisseiki [[nashi pear]] [[blossom]] (''Pyrus pyrifolia'')
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| anthem                   = [[:ja:わきあがる力|Wakiagaru chikara]]
}}

[[File:Tottori sand dune p4 2430.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Tottori Sand Dunes]]]]

{{nihongo|'''Tottori Prefecture'''|鳥取県|Tottori-ken|{{IPA|ja|tot.to.ɾʲi, tot.to.ɾʲiꜜ.keɴ}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} is a [[Prefectures of Japan|prefecture]] of [[Japan]] located in the [[Chūgoku region]] of [[Honshu]].<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tottori Prefecture" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 990|page=990}};  "Chūgoku" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 127|page=127}}.</ref> Tottori Prefecture is the [[List of Japanese prefectures by population|least populous prefecture]] of Japan at 538,525 (2023) and has a geographic area of {{convert|3507.13|km2|mi2}}. Tottori Prefecture borders [[Shimane Prefecture]] to the west, [[Hiroshima Prefecture]] to the southwest, [[Okayama Prefecture]] to the south, and [[Hyōgo Prefecture]] to the east.

[[Tottori, Tottori|Tottori]] is the capital and largest city of Tottori Prefecture, with other major cities including [[Yonago]], [[Kurayoshi]], and [[Sakaiminato]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Tottori" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 990|page=990}}.</ref> 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]].

==Etymology==
The word "Tottori" in Japanese is formed from two ''[[kanji]]'' characters. The first, {{linktext|鳥}}, means "bird" and the second, {{linktext|取}} means "to get". Early residents in the area made their living catching the region's plentiful waterfowl. The name first appears in the {{Lang|ja-latn|[[Nihon shoki]]}} in the 23rd year of the [[Emperor Suinin]] (213 AD) when Yukuha Tana, an elder from the Izumo, visits the emperor. The imperial Prince Homatsu-wake was unable to speak, despite being 30 years of age.
<blockquote>"Yukuha Tana presented the swan to the emperor. Homatsu-wake no Mikoto played with this swan and at last learned to speak. Therefore, Yukaha Tana was liberally rewarded, and was granted the title of Tottori no Miyakko." (Aston, translation)<ref name="nihon-suiko">{{Citation | translator-last = Aston | translator-first = W. G. | year = 1972 | title = Nihongi; chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697 | chapter = XXX | edition = 1st Tuttle | publisher = C.E. Tuttle Co. | place = Rutland, Vt. | page = 175 | isbn = 978-0-8048-0984-9 | oclc = 354027}}</ref></blockquote>

==History==
{{See also|List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tottori)}}
[[File:Japan Tottori MitokuSan Nageiredo DSC01248.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Sanbutsu-ji]]]]

===Early history===
Tottori Prefecture was settled very early in the prehistoric period of Japan, as evidenced by remains from the [[Jōmon period]] (14,000 &ndash; 300 BC).<ref name="encyclopedia-japan">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Japan | title = Tottori Prefecture | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> The prefecture has the remains of the largest known [[Yayoi period]] (300 BC &ndash; 250 AD) settlement in Japan, the [[Mukibanda Yayoi remains]], located in the low [[foothill]]s of [[Mount Daisen]]<ref>[http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/chugoku/tottori/yonago-daisen/d8jk7l000002t1q0.html Muki-Banda Remains] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120904072652/http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/chugoku/tottori/yonago-daisen/d8jk7l000002t1q0.html |date=2012-09-04 }}</ref> in the cities of [[Daisen, Tottori|Daisen]] and [[Yonago, Tottori|Yonago]].<ref name="chimei">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系) | title = Mukibanda-iseki (妻木晩田遺跡) | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = ja | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> Numerous [[kofun]] tumuli from the [[Kofun period]] (250 &ndash; 538) are located across the prefecture.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Japan | title = Tottori Plain | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> In 645, under the [[Taika reforms]], the area in present-day Tottori Prefecture became two provinces, [[Hōki Province|Hōki]] and [[Inaba Province|Inaba]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 780|page=780}}.</ref>

===Later history===
During the [[Genpei War]] (1180&ndash;1185) between the [[Taira]] and [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] clans in the late-[[Heian period]], Tottori became a base for anti-Taira forces, specifically at two temples, [[Daisen-ji]] and [[Sanbutsu-ji]]. By the beginning of the [[Kamakura period]] (1185&ndash;1333) [[shōen]] estates were established to directly support the Imperial court and various temples. Successive clans controlled the region during the [[Sengoku period]] (15th to 17th century), most notably the [[Yamana clan]], but after the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in 1600 the region was pacified. The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] installed the [[Ikeda clan]] at [[Tottori Castle]]. The clan retained control of the area until throughout the [[Edo period]] (1603&ndash;1868) and the resources of the area financially and materially supported the shogunate.<ref name="nipponika">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ) | title = Tottori-ken (鳥取県) | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = ja | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref>

===Modern history===
The two provinces remained in place until the [[Meiji Restoration]] in 1868, and the boundaries of Tottori Prefecture were established in 1888.<ref name="encyclopedia-japan"/> After the occupation of Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century, and the establishment of the [[Manchukuo]] puppet state in 1932, Tottori's harbors on the Japan Sea served as an active transit point for goods between Japan and the colonial areas. Before the end of [[World War II]] the prefecture was hit by a massive magnitude 7.2 earthquake, the [[1943 Tottori earthquake]], which destroyed 80% of the city of Tottori, and greatly damaged the surrounding area. In the postwar period [[land reform]] was carried out in the prefecture, resulting in a great increase of agricultural production.<ref name="nipponika"/>

==Geography==
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[[Image:Tottori castle08 1920.jpg|thumb|right|Tottori City]]
[[Image:SakaiminatoCity.jpg|thumb|right|Sakaiminato]]

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 [[List of national parks of Japan#History|Natural Parks]], namely the [[Daisen-Oki National Park|Daisen-Oki]] and [[Sanin Kaigan National Park|Sanin Kaigan]] National Parks; [[Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park|Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku]] and [[Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park|Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan]] Quasi-National Parks; and [[Misasa-Tōgōko Prefectural Natural Park|Misasa-Tōgōko]], [[Nishi Inaba Prefectural Natural Park|Nishi Inaba]], and [[Okuhino Prefectural Natural Park|Okuhino]] Prefectural Natural Parks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf |title=General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture |publisher=[[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)|Ministry of the Environment]] |access-date=31 August 2012}}</ref>

[[Mount Misumi (Tottori)|Mount Misumi]] is located within the former area of [[Mochigase, Tottori|Mochigase]] that was merged into the city of Tottori in 2004.

===Cities===
Four cities are located in Tottori Prefecture:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan="2" |Population
! rowspan="2" |Map
|-
![[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]
![[Kanji]]
|-
|[[Kurayoshi, Tottori|Kurayoshi]]
|倉吉市
|272.06
|48,558
|[[File:Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Sakaiminato, Tottori|Sakaiminato]]
|境港市
|29.02
|33,888
|[[File:Location of Sakaiminato city Tottori prefecture Japan.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Tottori (city)|Tottori]] (capital)
|鳥取市
|765.31
|192,912
|[[File:Tottori City in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Yonago]]
|米子市
|132.42
|148,720
|[[File:Yonago in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|}

===Towns and villages===
These are the towns and villages in each [[Districts of Japan|district]]:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! rowspan="2" |Population
! rowspan="2" |District
! rowspan="2" |Type
! rowspan="2" |Map
|-
![[Romanization of Japanese|Rōmaji]]
![[Kanji]]
|-
|[[Chizu, Tottori|Chizu]]
|智頭町
|224.61
|7,031
|[[Yazu District, Tottori|Yazu District]]
|Town
|[[File:Chizu in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Daisen, Tottori|Daisen]]
|大山町
|189.83
|16,357
|[[Saihaku District, Tottori|Saihaku District]]
|Town
|[[File:Daisen in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Hiezu, Tottori|Hiezu]]
|日吉津村
|4.2
|3,439
|[[Saihaku District, Tottori|Saihaku District]]
|Village
|[[File:Hiezu in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Hino, Tottori|Hino]]
|日野町
|133.98
|2,649
|[[Hino District, Tottori|Hino District]]
|Town
|[[File:Hino in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Hōki, Tottori|Hōki]]
|伯耆町
|139.44
|11,071
|[[Saihaku District, Tottori|Saihaku District]]
|Town
|[[File:Houki in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Hokuei, Tottori|Hokuei]]
|北栄町
|56.94
|14,718
|[[Tōhaku District, Tottori|Tōhaku District]]
|Town
|[[File:Hokuei in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Iwami, Tottori|Iwami]]
|岩美町
|122.32
|11,382
|[[Iwami District, Tottori|Iwami District]]
|Town
|[[File:Iwami in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Kōfu, Tottori|Kōfu]]
|江府町
|124.52
|2,950
|[[Hino District, Tottori|Hino District]]
|Town
|[[File:Kofu in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Kotoura, Tottori|Kotoura]]
|琴浦町
|139.97
|17,219
|[[Tōhaku District, Tottori|Tōhaku District]]
|Town
|[[File:Kotoura in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Misasa, Tottori|Misasa]]
|三朝町
|233.52
|6,407
|[[Tōhaku District, Tottori|Tōhaku District]]
|Town
|[[File:Misasa in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Nanbu, Tottori|Nanbu]]
|南部町
|114.03
|10,888
|[[Saihaku District, Tottori|Saihaku District]]
|Town
|[[File:Nanbu in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Nichinan, Tottori|Nichinan]]
|日南町
|340.96
|4,665
|[[Hino District, Tottori|Hino District]]
|Town
|[[File:Nichinan in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Wakasa, Tottori|Wakasa]]
|若桜町
|199.31
|3,209
|[[Yazu District, Tottori|Yazu District]]
|Town
|[[File:Wakasa in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Yazu]]
|八頭町
|206.71
|16,985
|[[Yazu District, Tottori|Yazu District]]
|Town
|[[File:Yazu in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|-
|[[Yurihama, Tottori|Yurihama]]
|湯梨浜町
|77.94
|16,837
|[[Tōhaku District, Tottori|Tōhaku District]]
|Town
|[[File:Yurihama in Tottori Prefecture Ja.svg|frameless|50x50px]]
|}

=== Mergers ===
{{main|List of mergers in Tottori Prefecture}}

==Demographics==
[[File:Tottori prefecture population pyramid in 2020.svg|thumb|Tottori prefecture population pyramid in 2020]]
Per Japanese census data,<ref>[http://www.citypopulation.de/Japan-Tottori.html Tottori 1995–2020 population statistics]</ref><ref>[http://www.demographia.com/db-japanpref.htm Tottori 1920–2000 population statistics]</ref> Tottori is the least populated prefecture in Japan.

{{Historical populations
| 1920 |   455,000  
| 1930 |   489,000
| 1940 |   484,000
| 1950 |   600,000
| 1960 |   599,000
| 1970 |   569,000
| 1980 |   604,000
| 1990 |   616,000
| 2000 |   613,289
| 2010 |   588,667
| 2020 |   560,517
|align       = none
| footnote = 
}}

==Economy==
Tottori Prefecture is heavily agricultural and its products are shipped to the major cities of Japan. Some of the famous products are the [[Pyrus pyrifolia|nashi pear]], [[Chinese yam|nagaimo yam]], [[Allium chinense|Japanese scallion]], ''[[Welsh onion|negi]]'', and [[watermelon]]. The prefecture is also a major producer of [[rice]].

==Language==
Historically, the region had extensive linguistic diversity. While the standard Tokyo dialect of the Japanese language is now used in Tottori Prefecture, several other dialects are also used. Many of them are grouped with [[Japanese dialects|Western Japanese]], and include the [[Chūgoku dialect|Chugoku]] and [[Umpaku dialect|Umpaku]] dialects.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ) | title = Tottori-ken: seikatsu bunka (鳥取（県）: 生活文化) | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = ja | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref>

==Sports==
[[File:Tottori-bird131006-3.JPG|thumb|[[Axis Bird Stadium]].]]
The sports teams listed below are based in Tottori.

*[[J.League|Football (soccer)]]
**[[Gainare Tottori]]  ([[Yonago]])

==Education==

===Universities===
*[[Tottori University]]
*[[Tottori University of Environmental Studies]]

===Colleges===
*[[Tottori College]]
*[[Tottori College of Nursing]]

==Noted places==

===Tottori City===
[[File:Sunaba Coffee 20171219.jpg|thumb|right|Sunaba Coffee House, a well known [[Coffeehouse]] in [[Tottori, Tottori|Tottori]]]]
* [[Jinpūkaku]], a late [[Meiji period]] residence
* [[Tottori Sand Dunes]]

===Daisen===
[[File:Daisen 2016-03-15 (25637525020).jpg|thumb|right|Panoramic view of Mount Daisen, [[Yonago]]]]
* [[Daisen (mountain)|Daisen]], the highest of the [[Chūgoku Mountains]], {{Convert|1729|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

===Daisen and Yonago===
* [[Mukibanda Yayoi remains]], the largest site of [[Yayoi period]] settlement in Japan

===Yonago and Sakaiminato===
[[File:Mizuki Shigeru Museum -01.jpg|thumb|right|View of Sakaiminato Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Hall and Character's Statue]] 
* [[Nakaumi]], a [[brackish]] lake located between Tottori Prefecture and [[Shimane Prefecture]], fifth largest lake in Japan

===Misasa===
* [[Misasa Onsen]]
* [[Sanbutsu-ji]], a [[Heian period]] temple designated a [[National Treasures of Japan|National Treasure of Japan]]

===Sakaiminato===
* [[Kitarō Road]], a street in Sakaiminato dedicated to [[Shigeru Mizuki]]'s [[GeGeGe no Kitaro]] manga character
* [[Lake Koyama]]

===Iwami===
* [[Uradome Coast]], a scenic [[ria]] coastal [[inlet]]

===Chizu===
* The [[Ishitani Residence]], an [[Edo period]] family residence designated a [[National Treasures of Japan|National Treasure of Japan]]

===Nanbu===
* [[Tottori Hanakairo-Flower Park]], the largest flower park in Japan

==Transportation==

===Rail===
*[[JR West]]
**[[Sanin Line]]
**[[Hakubi Line]]
**[[Inbi Line]]
**[[Sakai Line]]
*[[Wakasa Railway]]
*[[Chizu Express]]

===Roads===

====Expressway and toll roads====
*　Tottori Expressway
*　Yonago Expressway
*　[[Sanin Expressway]]
*　Shidosaka Pass Road
*　Tottori-Toyooka-Miyazu Road

====National highways====
*Route 9
*Route 29 (Tottori-[[Shiso]]-[[Himeji]])
*Route 53 (Tottori-[[Tsuyama]]-[[Okayama]])
*Route 178
*Route 179
*Route 180
*Route 181 (Yonago-[[Niimi]]-Okayama)
*Route 183
*Route 313
*Route 373
*Route 431
*Route 482

===Ports===
*[[Sakaiminato]] Port – ferry route to [[Oki Island]], and international container hub

===Airports===
*[[Tottori Airport]]
*[[Yonago Airport]]

==Prefectural symbols==
The symbol is derived from the first [[mora (linguistics)|mora]] in Japanese for "[[Hiragana|と]]" combined with the picture of a flying bird, and symbolizes peace, liberty, and the advancement of the Tottori Prefecture. It was enacted in 1968 to celebrate the 100th year from the first year of the [[Meiji Era]].

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tottori prefecture}}
* {{Official website|https://www.pref.tottori.lg.jp/}}

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