Journeys in Japan
Season 1 • Episode 8: Tottori Sand Dunes, Tottori: Land of Majestic Dunes • Watch with subtitles
Episode 8: Tottori Sand Dunes, Tottori: Land of Majestic Dunes
May 11, 2010 • 28 min
In this week's Journeys in Japan, we visit the Tottori Sand Dunes, the largest in Japan, in Tottori Prefecture. The Tottori Sand Dunes skirt the Sea of Japan in the southwestern part of Japan. The dunes were created naturally over 100,000 years by sediments carried from the mountains down the river and eventually blown up onto the shore. Our reporter, Vincent Giry, wonders into the land of majestic dunes and meets people who live together with sand. (Excerpt)
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