Access
Information for visitors
Access to Tottori
Railway
From Hiroshima/Okayama
From Okayama Station, take the “Super Inaba” Limited Express to Tottori Station → The Sand Museum
Approx. 2 hours from Okayama
From the Keihanshin area
Take the “Super Hakuto” Limited Express to Tottori Station → The Sand Museum
Approx. 2 hours and 40 minutes from Osaka
By car
From the Keihanshin area
Using the Chugoku Expressway from Osaka
From Yamazaki I.C., drive north on National Route 29 (approx. 3 hours) Sayo JCT → from Ohara I.C., drive north on National Route 373 → Nishi-Awakura I.C. → Tottori I.C. (approx. 2 hours and 20 minutes)
By airFrom
Tokyo
Use ANA from Haneda Airport to Tottori Airport → The Sand Museum
Approx. 1 hour and 20 minutes from Tokyo
By Loop Kirinjishi Bus
Operation day: Saturday, Sunday, national holiday/summer (Jul. 20 to Aug. 31)
When you come in from the entrance gate on The Sand Museum side
1. Board bus from the No. 0 bus stop of Tottori Station Bus Terminal Exit bus at “Sakyu Kita-guchi”. 1 minute walk from the bus stop.
When you come in from the entrance gate on Sakyu Center side
2. Board bus from the No. 0 bus stop of Tottori Station Bus Terminal → Exit bus at “Sakyu Center Tenbo Dai”. 1 minute walk from the bus stop. A convenient One-day Ticket (Unlimited one day access for 600 yen) is available. You can purchase the ticket on the bus or at the bus terminal near Tottori Station.
By Regular Route Bus
Please click on a link for the bus timetable for “Tottori station → Tottori Sand Dunes” and “Tottori Sand Dunes → Tottori station”.
When you come in from the entrance gate on The Sand Museum side
1. Tottori Station Bus Terminal “Iwami/Iwai Line” → Exit bus at “Sakyu Higashi-guchi”. 3 minutes walk from the bus stop.
2. No. 0 bus stop of Tottori Station Bus Terminal “Sakyu Line.” → Exit bus at “Sakyu Kita-guchi.” 1 minute walk from the bus stop
When you come in from the entrance gate on Sakyu Center side
3. No. 0 bus stop of Tottori Station Bus Terminal “Sakyu Line” → Exit bus at “Sakyu Center Tenbo Dai.” 1 minute walk from the bus stop.
By taxi
Approx. 20 minutes from Tottori Station
Fare (one way): around 2,500 yen