Sprawling heaps of golden grains of sand rise in peaks towards the new solar. From the bottom of the desert’s tallest dune, a vivid blue sky peeks out from past the huge expanse.
You’d be forgiven for considering you’d landed within the Middle East. But these are the Tottori Sand Dunes, wedged alongside the coast of Japan’s sparsely populated San’in area, the nation’s very personal slice of desert.
The dunes lengthen 16 kilometers (10 miles) throughout the coast, with their tallest peaks jutting over 45 meters (150 toes) excessive. They’ve been round for hundreds of years, however are slowly disappearing – not due to local weather change, however due to the neighborhood’s efforts to guard the planet.
A dwindling treasure
The Tottori dunes are positioned on the western coast of Honshu, Japan’s largest and most populous island.
Tottori is Japan’s least populous prefecture. Osaka is about 200 km (124 miles) away; Hiroshima is 300 km (186) miles within the different route.
鳥取砂丘のオアシスにふる雨の様子を動画で撮影。
静かなところで音量を上げて聞いてみると、
雨粒が水面に落ちる音も楽しめます。 pic.twitter.com/m9RpN3J5bL— 鳥取砂丘ビジターセンター (@Sakyu_visitor) June 14, 2023
The dunes had been fashioned over the course of 100,000 years, as sand transported from the close by Chūgoku Mountains by way of the Sendai River was deposited into the Sea of Japan. Over the centuries, wind and currents moved the sand again onto the shore.
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