Yonago City

Three pagodas planned east of the hall.

Kamiyodo Haiji ruins

01 ／ Yodoe umbrellas (Yodoe-gasa)

Even after the last maker closed,the craft passed to a preservation society.

Yodoe umbrellas are said to date from 1821, when Kurayoshiya (倉吉屋周蔵) came from Kurayoshi and opened an umbrella shop. In the Taisho era, 71 makers turned out 170,000 a year, shipped across western Japan. The last maker closed in 1984, but the Yodoe Umbrella Preservation Society carried on the craft, and three artisans now make them.

Said to date from 1821
Taisho era: 71 makers, 170,000 umbrellas a year
1984: the last maker closed
City-designated Intangible Cultural Property (page posted Sept. 2026)

02 ／ Goto Family Residence

A shipping wholesaler's shop openedonto the Kamo River moat for loading.

Built around 1714, the main house gives about half its floor area to the shop, and goods can be moved in and out directly from the Kamo River, the castle's outer moat. The Goto family were shipping wholesalers (kaisen ton'ya) granted the right to carry the domain's rice and iron by boat. It is a National Important Cultural Property; the interior is closed to the public.

Built around 1714 (Shotoku 4)
About half the main house is shop space
National Important Cultural Property, 1974
Interior closed to the public

03 ／ Ame-no-Manai Spring

'Manai' means a sacred well;the highest honorific for one gives this spring its name.

A spring at the foot of Mt. Daisen. The city says 'manai' means a sacred well, and the highest honorific for one is 'Ame-no-Manai.' It yields 2,500 tons a day, used for household and farm water. It is designated one of the Ministry of the Environment's Top 100 Waters. Water quality can change, so boil it before drinking.

2,500 tons of water a day
Used for household and farm water
One of the Environment Ministry's Top 100 Waters

Living here

Hot water wells up by the sea; spring water wells up at the mountain's foot.

about 150,000 people

Yonago is in western Tottori, facing Lake Nakaumi and spreading across the foot of Mt. Daisen. Kaike Onsen began in 1900, when a fisherman happened upon hot water bubbling up in the shallows off Kaike beach; it is also called the birthplace of triathlon in Japan. In Kamiyodo, in the former town of Yodoe, a tug-of-war using a giant straw rope like a serpent has been held every year on the first Sunday of September. The city took in Yodoe in 2005.

People living here: 147,317people
Area: 132.42km²
Households: 62,134households
Rent (average for rentals): 47,378yen
Healthcare: 12 hospitals ／ 165 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Population from 2005 onward (municipal boundary changed).2005-03-31 に合併。2005年調査から市域が変わっている。

Children waiting for childcare: —43 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Yonago City in Japan35.428°N 133.331°E

to TokyoSleeper ltd. exp. Sunrise Izumo699min
to OsakaHighway bus215min

Travel times follow JR西日本公式「JRおでかけネット」サンライズ瀬戸・サンライズ出雲の時刻表PDF（jikokuhyo.pdf・PDF作成2026-02-25）。下り5031M（サンライズ出雲の欄）：東京発21:26→米子着9:05。日本交通公式「米子～神戸・大阪線時刻表」（2026年3月20日一部改正）。神戸・大阪発（米子行き）50便：大阪梅田8:30発→米子駅前12:05着 (checked 2026-09-29). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 6 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Territory of Yonago City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

14.1km

Tottori Prefecture: 大山町, 伯耆町, 日吉津村, 南部町, 境港市
Shimane Prefecture: 安来市

Yonago City isthis kind of town.

01The Kamiyodo Haiji ruins, in Yodoe, Yonago, are the remains of a temple built in the late 7th century. It was designed with three pagodas in a north-south line east of the main hall, an arrangement the city says has no other example; only the middle and south pagodas are thought to have been built. Over 5,394 fragments of wall painting were unearthed around the hall.
02Yodoe umbrellas are said to have begun in 1821, when Kurayoshiya opened a shop, and in the Taisho era 170,000 a year were shipped across western Japan. The Goto Family Residence in Uchimachi is a townhouse of shipping wholesalers in Yonago, the hub of the Tottori domain's sea trade, and a National Important Cultural Property.
03Ame-no-Manai, at the foot of Mt. Daisen, is a spring yielding 2,500 tons a day. Amenokamigaki Shrine in Yodoe keeps a stone horse (sekiba), a National Important Cultural Property. The city also has Kaike Onsen and the Yonago Castle ruins, a National Historic Site with its stone walls.

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yonago City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗