Yurihama Town

A sutra to dig up in 5.67 billion years.

Hōki Ichinomiya Sutra Mound

Photo by Saigen Jiro (Public domain)

01 ／ Ground Golf

A ball stopped in the hole post is called“Tomari,” a name that keeps its birthplace.

In 1982, the Tomari village board of education, with national support, developed the rules. A ball at rest in the hole post is called “tomari” so that the birthplace, Tomari village, would be remembered—a wish of those who created it.

1982: village board of education developed the rules
“Tomari” is in Rule 4
1983: village, prefecture and national association founded

02 ／ Hashizu Domain Rice Storehouses

Tax rice gathered at Hashizu went by sen-goku shipto Osaka and became the domain's revenue.

These were the Tottori domain's rice storehouses at the mouth of the Hashizu River. Tax rice was shipped from Hashizu Port to Osaka on sen-goku ships and sold for cash, funding the domain. Three buildings remain, designated prefectural protected cultural properties. Visits by inquiry.

Storehouses for the Tottori domain's tax rice
Rice went from Hashizu Port to Osaka by sen-goku ship
Three storehouses are prefectural protected cultural properties

03 ／ Hawai Onsen

Hot water wells up from the bed of Lake Tōgō.The inns stand on a sandbar jutting into the lake.

Hawai Onsen lies on the west shore of Lake Tōgō and was once called Asozu Onsen. Its abundant source wells up from the lake bed, and the water flows freely. Around the lake, hot springs have been developed since about the Meiji era.

On the west shore of Lake Tōgō
Once called Asozu Onsen
Source wells up from the lake bed

Living here

A town between the Sea of Japan and Lake Tōgō.

about 20,000 people
Rural district town

Yurihama sits near the center of Tottori Prefecture, facing the Sea of Japan. Its name evokes the town's features: hot springs welling up from Lake Tōgō, Nijisseiki pears, and the white sand beaches of the Sea of Japan. It was formed in 2004 when Hawai, Tomari and Tōgō merged.

People living here: 16,055people
Area: 77.93km²
Households: 5,682households
Rent (average for rentals): 41,579yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 11 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —8 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.

Yurihama Town in Japan35.490°N 133.865°E

to OsakaHighway bus192min
to SannomiyaHighway bus208min

Travel times follow 日本交通（株）公式「倉吉～神戸・大阪線時刻表」（2026年7月18日一部改正）の「神戸・大阪発 (倉吉行き)」の表。弁天営業所 13:25発 → 新大阪 14:20 → 千里桃山台 14:30 → 松崎駅前 17:32 → 倉吉駅前 17:40（毎日運行の便・日付限定の印なし）。三宮バスターミナル 8:50発 → 松崎駅前 12:18、15:50発 → 19:18、17:50発 → 21:18（いずれも印なし） (checked 2026-09-29). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Yurihama Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

11.6km

鳥取市, 倉吉市, 三朝町, 北栄町

Yurihama Town isthis kind of town.

01The Hōki Ichinomiya Sutra Mound, on the grounds of Shitori Shrine in Miyauchi, holds a bronze sutra case buried in 1103 in the hope it would be dug up 5.67 billion years later, when Maitreya appears. The finds are a national treasure, on deposit at the Tokyo National Museum.
02Ground golf was born in 1982, when the board of education of former Tomari village developed its rules; a ball at rest in the hole post is called “tomari.” At the mouth of the Hashizu River, storehouses that gathered the Tottori domain's tax rice remain.
03Hawai Onsen on the west shore of Lake Tōgō is known for water welling up from the lake bed, and its inns stand on a sandbar jutting into the lake. The town's name draws on its hot springs, Nijisseiki pears and sea beaches.

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yurihama Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗