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Sakaiminato

Category

Mizuki Shigeru Road

4.0

797 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Sakai City, Tottori Prefecture

The local nickname for the shopping arcade which extends from Sakaiminato Station to the Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum. The area is a central part of the book “Yokai no Machi,” a book written by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki about his hometown of Sakaiminato City. The road is lined with numerous bronze statues of “yokai,” Japanese folk monsters that were a major focus of Mizuki’s work. The station, arcade shops, police boxes, street lights, and parks in the area all have been decorated with a yokai world theme. Some of the area’s many highlights include the kappa fountain, Youkai Shrine, and Gegege no Yokai Rakuen miniature theme park. This famous tourism destination is visited by large numbers of tourists not only from within the country but also around the world.

From the Sakaiminato port, took the shuttle to Shigeru Muzuki Rd, home of Gegege no Kitaro. A small town, where the main street was lined with over 150 bronze statues of this manga favorite. Small...
Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum

4.0

312 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Honmachi 5

A museum located a 10 minute walk from Sakaiminato Station along the Mizuki Shigeru Road. The museum presents the work of Sakaiminato-born manga artist Shigeru Mizuki as well as the world of “yokai,” the Japanese folk monsters frequently featured in the artist’s works, and his characters. In addition to amusing models and images of yokai monsters as well as original pictures and explanatory materials, the museum also exhibits the yokai collection and travel notes of Mizuki, a man who loved to go on adventures. There’s a library where you are free to read manga comic books, and here you can find works that are now difficult to obtain on the open market.

If you are into your Manga then this is the place for you. We spent an hour here and if you are into your Manga then you could easily spend more time here. Tip:bring your passport for discounted...
Gegege no Yokai Rakuen

4.0

109 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Eimachi 138

A miniature “yokai” (Japanese folk monster) theme park located behind the Mizuki Shigeru Memorial Museum, a popular tourism destination in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture. Here you can meet Kitaro, Nurikabe, Medama Oyaji, and other yokai characters which appear in Shigeru Mizuki’s hit manga comic, “GeGeGe no Kitaro,” in statue and cutout form. Park facilities include the children-oriented “Kitaro’s House;” various commemorative photo spots; and Yokai Nakamise, a shop selling yokai goods and merchandise. At the Yokai Chaya café, you can enjoy a popular yokai latte or a local burger.

no special but just for buying souvenir or cafe only but well enough for take rest and taking photo.
Youkai Shrine

3.5

145 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Taishoumachi 62-1

A shrine standing along the Mizuki Shigeru Road, a popular tourism destination in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture. The shrine is dedicated to a 300 year old Japanese zelkova tree and a three meter tall block of granite yokai (Japanese folk monster) which was put into his heart and soul by manga artist Shigeru Mizuki. The grounds are filled with statues of yokai characters from Mizuki’s hit comic, “GeGeGe no Kitaro,” such as an Ittan Momen-themed torii gate and Medama Oyaji purifying fountain. The automated fortune dispenser, in which small yokai figures deliver a mikuji fortune slip, is a popular feature of the shrine. The shrine also sells popular souvenirs such as yokai ema votive tablets, protective charms, and protective seals.

水木しげるロードを境港駅に向かって歩いている途中に見つけました。目玉（親父）がグルグル回っていてなかなかシュールな光景ですが（汗妖怪の怪しさが演出されてよい雰囲気ですね。境内はこじんまりとしています。
Sakaiminato Tourist Information Center

4.0

63 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Sakaiminato-shi Taishomachi 215 Mina To Sakai Community Center 1F

"This tourist information center is located on the first floor of the Minato Sakai Koryukan adjoining JR Sakaiminato Station. In addition to providing information on local sightseeing destinations, the center distributes pamphlets on Sakaiminato City and the surrounding area; and sells local merchandise, stamp books, and yokai monster guidebooks. The center also has a yokai postbox - letters posted here will be stamped with a special stamp featuring the characters of Shigeru Mizuki's hit ""GeGeGe no Kitaro,"" and visitors are recommended to send a letter to their own home from here as a memento. In addition, the center rents bicycles, a convenient way to explore the area; can temporarily hold on to your baggage for you; and also lends out baby strollers and wheelchairs."

All necessary information here; the English speaking assistant was Russian. He provided excellent information on the local dining scene probably because its the only thing to do in Saikaiminato!
SANKO Yumeminato Tower

3.5

58 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Sakaiminato-shi Takenouchidanchi 255-3

This fully glass tower was built as a symbol of the “Japan Expo ’97 Tottori—San-in Yumeminato Exposition”, held in 1997. On the top floor of this 43- meter-high tower, you can get a 360-degree view of the Sea of Japan, Shimane Peninsula, and Sakaiminato streets. There are numerous things to enjoy inside the tower, including Minatomachi market—which was selected as one of the Top 100 souvenir facilities, as chosen by professionals, Tower’s Café—a place for gazing over the seas, and an exhibition hall of materials which let you experience the culture of various countries in the Sea of Japan who maintained trade with Tottori prefecture.

Showing your passport could enjoy 50% discount off on the entrance fee. We paid ¥150 only. The 3rd Floor has a movie theatre which introducing Tottori Prefecturess produces, attractions, activities...
Fish Specimens and old Japanese Life Museum

4.0

28 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Hanamachi 8-1

Fish Specimens and old Japanese Life Museum which opened in April 1994 and which has the finest collection of marine life specimens in Japan, is located in a renovated sake brewery; the building has been included in the list of the “Top 100 Most Beloved Buildings in Tottori Prefecture.” There are approximately 4,000 specimens of aquatic creatures belonging to around 700 different species in the museum’s collections; other items on display including the Minato-maru fishing boat and a collection of old everyday tools, three of which have been designated as Municipal Cultural Properties by Sakaiminato City Government.

境港にあるちよっとした魚系の展示資料館です。お魚などの剥製が多数展示されています。暇つぶしで寄ったのですが意外に内容が濃くいろいろと勉強になりました。水木しげるロードからはちょっと歩きますが時間が余ったら行ってみるといいかもしれません。
Yume Minato Park

3.5

22 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Tottori Sakaiminato-shi Takenouchidanchi

"A park built on the site of 1997's Sanin & Yume Minato Exposition. Its slogan is ""The port where the Sea of Japan and Mt. Daisen are most beautiful."" Features include the 43-meter high Yumeminato Tower; Minato-onsen Honokami, the only hot spring facility in the city; and the Sakaiminato Fish Center, one of the largest seafood specialty stores in western Japan. Benches are located throughout the park and it's perfect for a stroll while feeling the sea breeze and taking in the view of Mt. Daisen, the highest mountain in the Chugoku region. The area around the park is a famous fishing spot, drawing anglers throughout the year."

たまたま訪れたタイミングでは爽やかな陽気であったため、非常に良い印象であった。のんびりと過ごすには最適です。
Sakaiminato Marine Products Direct Sales Center

Shopping

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Shouwamachi 9-5

A marine products direct sales center located along the coast a 20 minute walk from the popular Mizuki Shigeru Road tourism destination in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture. Sakaiminato boasts some of the largest fishing catches in the nation, and this direct sales center is one of the first places the city’s ultra-fresh marine delicacies are delivered to. 14 shops stand side by side in the center, selling fresh fish and processed marine products. Here you’ll find seasonal seafood sold at reasonable prices, such as Pacific bluefin tuna and Iwagaki oysters in summer, red snow crab from fall to early summer, and matsuba crab in winter. This popular marketplace attracts not only tourists but also local shoppers.
Sakaiminato Sakana Center (Union of Kansai Government's Regional Direct Sales Outlet)

3.5

51 Reviews

Shopping

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Takenouchidanchi 259-2

Sakaiminato Sakana Center is a marine products direct sales facility located adjacent to Yumeminato Park in the Takenouchi-danchi district of Sakaiminato City. There is a row of shops selling fresh seasonal fish, dried fish and processed fish and seafood products, and other local specialty food products, etc. Visitors can take the fish and seafood they have purchased to eat in the rest area located within the Center, or alternatively they can take them to the adjacent Minato-tei restaurant and have it cooked the way they prefer.

年末の３０日に寄りました。15時頃でしたがそんなに混んでおらず、買い物はしやすかったです。おすすめの筆頭は、出口近くの「海鮮炉端市場」で焼いている海産物で、特にイカ、ほたて、カニみそが美味しかった。外で売っているカニ肉まんもイケます。買い物でイマイチだったのは、カニのツメの冷凍で、2400円程度でしたがカニ味が薄くダメ。
Shofukuji Temple

3.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Nakanochou 5016

This is the Soto Sect temple, home to the “Rokudo Painting of Hell and Paradise”, said to be the origin of the ghosts used by Shigeru Mizuki, author of Gegege no Kitaro. There are also monuments in the precinct of Shigeru Mizuki and Matsuo Basho.

水木しげるさんが幼いころ、「のんのんばあ」に連れられて、よく訪れていたという正福寺です。本堂に向かって左に記念碑と説明があります。
Bukkontei

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tottori Sakaiminato-shi Takenouchicho 3659-5

This Japanese restaurant can be identified by its distinctive crab sign, which is visible from National Route 431. The restaurant serves crab, which the area boasts the largest catches of out of anywhere in Japan; as well as a variety of other seafood. The restaurant's exquisite and hearty seafood rice bowls are topped with so many huge pieces of sashimi, you can't even see the rice underneath. Limited to just ten customers a day, on many weekend days they almost instantly sell out. The restaurant's fish, caught locally, is extremely fresh, and customers rave that here you can truly savor its innate flavor.

水木しげるロードに行く途中に寄りました。通り沿いから見えるのですが少し入った所にありました。駐車場はいっぱいでしたが、ちょうど駐車場が1台空き入庫。土日は丼しかやっていないです。お目当の海鮮丼2,310円税込を注文。五分程で着丼。見た目に圧巻！てんこ盛りではみ出しているではないですか！これにぶっこん亭の醤油をかけ、どこから食べて良いのか悩みながら刺身を一切れ口に頬張り、うまい！突破口...
Oshokujidokoro Yumigahama

4.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Takenouchidanchi 209 Large fishing market Inside

This is a seafood restaurant offering generous servings of fresh seafood. The famous “Kanitoro (crab and tuna) Bowl” boasts crab meat matured in a special recipe creating a deep taste like the best tuna. An all-you-can-eat crab and sweet shrimp menu is offered to groups.

名物かにとろ丼とカニみそのセットを頂きました。かにとろ丼は噂通り絶品でとてもおいしかったです！駐車場も広くて無料でたくさん停められます。
Minato Onsen Honokami

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Takenouchidanchi 255-5 Dream Minato Tower Next door

This day-trip hot spring facility is located an approximately 30-minute drive from the Yonago Interchange on the Yonago Expressway. The facility is divided into a main building and an annex, and a sodium chloride spring is drawn for all the baths. The large indoor bath in the main building is where you can extend your legs and relaxed, and the outdoor bath overlooks the Japan Sea and Mt. Daisen, a magnificent mountain in the San-in region. The annex has 10 rooms with family baths of different designs, and all rooms overlook Mt. Daisen and the Japan Sea. It has body soap and shampoo with conditioner available. They also sell various towels and amenities, so you can freely come empty-handed.
Tamayura (Mizuki Shigeru Road Shop)

Style / Fashion

Tottori Sakaiminato-shi Honmachi 19 Mizuki Shigeru Road

A store specializing in energy stones on the Mizuki Shigeru Road, which stretches 800 meters from Sakaiminato station. The road is a leading tourist spot in the city, and the store is in a renovated traditional Japanese kominka house with a settled ambiance. This shop has a variety of eye agate stones considered to be powerful talismans for inviting good luck and repelling misfortune. They also sell stone accessories made with the Izumo-style magatama curved beads used for certain imperial ceremonies. They are only the also shop to sell Kitaro charms, a unique Sakaiminato item that makes the perfect souvenir for your Tottori trip. The shop is popular with tourists of various ages.
The Research Institute for Ghost Food

4.0

29 Reviews

Shopping

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Honmachi 4

The Research Institute for Ghost Food is a souvenir food shop located close to the entrance of the Mizuki Shigeru Museum in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture. This unusual shop is based on the theme of a mysteriously ghoulish looking laboratory with the staff all wearing white lab coats. The shops signature item is the medama oyaji (literally “eyeball father”) sweet made to look just like the eyeball character from Shigeru Mizuki’s classic manga, GeGeGe no Kitaro. The fine Japanese confections are each carefully handmade by makers from Saiundo, a long running confectionery store in the San’in region. As well as selling gift-style sweets in a box the shop also sells sweets which can be enjoyed there and then on the street.

水木しげるロードで一番行きたかったところ。記念館のすぐそばにありました。まず店構えからして怪しさのセンス抜群！窓口にマネキンや骸骨標本の白衣着せた店員姿が見えてもう雰囲気ばっちり！販売員の方もトークがうまく、いろいろな注意点を冗談交えて親切にしてくれました。そして肝心なお菓子はこんなに奇をてらっているのに本格的な和菓子で品質お味バッチリです！訪問時1個500円でした。訪問してビ...
Restaurant Sakaeya

4.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Agarimichichou 2184-19

This seafood restaurant located in Agarimichi Town, Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture, is noted for using fresh seafood from the Sea of Japan and brought into the port at Sakaiminato. Guests can taste fresh seasonal seafood carefully selected by the owner of a former fish shop in simple recipes that make use of the ingredients such as seafood rice bowls, sashimi or tempura. The restaurant specializes in crab dishes from September through to June with the matsuba crab being in season and especially popular from November to March. The local gourmet food Sakaiminato crab rice made with red snow crabs is also very popular.

焼きガニ一杯９０００円、カニ刺し一杯１００００円でした。焼きガニは固くて美味しくなかったです。のどぐろの塩焼きはおいしかったです。
Mujara

Style / Fashion

Tottori Pref. Sakaiminatoshi Taishoumachi 62-1

Mujara is a souvenir store located on the Mizuki Shigeru Road tourist attraction. In the old private house-style store, visitors will find a whole range of ghostly goods such as mugs, amulets, and key holders inspired by Mizuki Shigeru’s manga series, GeGeGe no Kitaro. The shop has an area popular with customers where they can create original souvenirs including Kitaro picture drawings and ghost cans. The ghost cans packed with various things with a picture printed on the outside is popular with customers as a souvenir. Mujara also sells official ema (wooden plaques on which people write their prayers and wishes) for the Youkai Shrine (ghost shrine) next door. The nearest station is Sakaiminato Station.
Yokai Gamaguchi

Style / Fashion

Tottori Sakaiminato-shi Matsugae Cho 14
Yokai Shop Ge Ge Ge

Style / Fashion

Tottori Sakaiminato-shi Taishomachi 67

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Tottori prefecture is Japanese seasonal diversity at its best: Huge sand dunes cover the north coast, making for the perfect summer beach trip complete with the unexpected addition of camels; November brings the delectable snow crab, while winter around Mount Daisen, the Chugoku region’s highest mountain, promises snow sports and magical views.