Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Yonago (Japan). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Yonago City Museum of Art, Yonago Castle, and Hiezu. Also, be sure to include Kamiyodo Hakuhō-no-Oka Exhibition Hall in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Yonago (Tottori).
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Yonago City Museum of Art
Also known as: 米子市美術館
Art gallery in Yonago, Japan. Yonago City Museum of Art is a municipal art gallery in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture that opened in 1983.
The gallery has a permanent collection of paintings and photographs; the latter is particularly strong for the photographers Teikō Shiotani and Shōji Ueda. It also hosts special exhibitions.
The museum is at Nakamachi 12, Yonago-shi.[1]
Address: 12 Nakamachi, 683-0822 Yonago
Yonago Castle
Also known as: 米子城
Castle in Yonago, Japan. Yonago Castle was a castle in Yonago, Tottori, Japan.
The actual site sits atop a mountain that strategically looks over Yonago's main river and its connection to the sea. When it was finally completed, the structure was a five-story castle, and it was the largest castle in the San'in area.
In 1467, a fort was constructed by Yamana Muneyuki on Mt Iinoyama, just east of where Yonago Castle is presently located. However, the first actual castle was constructed on the site by Kikkawa Hiroie.
In 1591 the castle fell to the Kikkawa clan. They undertook a major redevelopment of the castle, but eventually lost control of the castle, after fighting with the losing side in the battle of Battle of Sekigahara. By 1600 the Kikkawa clan were transferred to Iwakuni, and the Nakamura clan were given the lordship of the castle.
In 1601 major upgrade works on the castle were completed, including a 5-layer tower and Nakamura clan moved from Odaka Castle to the castle.
Then the castle was given to Kato clan, next to Ikeda clan, and finally to a retainer of the Ikeda. The retainer's descendants, the Arao family, maintained the lordship of the castle until the Meiji period, when it was handed over to the government. It was dismantled, with some of its buildings sold off.[2]
Hiezu
Also known as: 日吉津村
Village in Japan. Hiezu is a village located in Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the village has an estimated population of 3,451 and a population density of 820 persons per km². The total area is 4.16 square kilometres.[3]
Kamiyodo Hakuhō-no-Oka Exhibition Hall
Also known as: 上淀白鳳の丘展示館
Museum in Yonago, Japan. Kamiyodo Hakuhō-no-Oka Exhibition Hall opened in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan in 2011. It replaced the Yonago Yodoe Folk History Museum, which closed in 2009. The three rooms of the exhibition hall display Yayoi decorated pottery, haniwa statues, fragments of early Buddhist wall painting from Kamiyodo Haiji, and a reconstruction of the temple kondō, with its paintings and sculptures.[4]
Address: Yonago, 1548-1 Fukuoka, Yodoe-chō
Mi zi shi wen huahoru
City hall
Mi zi shi gong hui tang
City hall