San'in Kinki Expressway
is an incomplete expressway that, upon completion, will connect the San'in Expressway from Tottori interchange to the Kyoto Jūkan Expressway. When finished it will be about long. It is owned and operated by partly by the Kyoto Prefectural Road Corporation and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It is numbered "E9" along with the Kyoto Jūkan Expressway and the San-in Expressway. Route description As of December 2019, the San'in Kinki Expressway is an incomplete expressway linking the Kyoto Jūkan Expressway in Miyazu, Kyoto to the San'in Expressway in Tottori. It is made up of four east to west, separate sections that will eventually connect to one another upon the completion of the route. History The San'in Kinki Expressway was designated as a planned route on 16 December 1994. On 27 March 2005, the section between Kasumi and Satsu interchanges was the first section of the expressway to open. The next section would open on 24 November 2008, between Hig ...
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West Nippon Expressway Company
The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or '' toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemen ...s in Japan. It is headquartered on the 19th floor of Dojima Avanza in Kita-ku, Osaka. The company was established on October 1, 2005, as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Public Corporation. The company manages roadways mainly in the Kansai and Chūgoku regions as well as on Kyūshū, Shikoku, and Okinawa Island. Roadways in other regions of Japan are managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and Central Nippon Expressway Company. References External links West Nippon Expressway Company Companies based in Osaka Expressway companies of Japan Government-owned companies of Japan Transport companies established in 2005 Japanese ...
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Tottori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Tottori Prefecture is the least populous prefecture of Japan at 570,569 (2016) and has a geographic area of . Tottori Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture to the west, Hiroshima Prefecture to the southwest, Okayama Prefecture to the south, and Hyōgo Prefecture to the east. Tottori is the capital and largest city of Tottori Prefecture, with other major cities including Yonago, Kurayoshi, and Sakaiminato. Tottori Prefecture is home to the Tottori Sand Dunes, the largest sand dunes system in Japan, and Mount Daisen, the highest peak in the Chūgoku Mountains. Etymology The word "Tottori" in Japanese is formed from two ''kanji'' characters. The first, , means "bird" and the second, means "to get". Early residents in the area made their living catching the region's plentiful waterfowl. The name first appears in the Nihon shoki in the 23rd year of the Emperor Suinin (213 AD) when Yukuha Tana, an elde ...
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Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies ( Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japane ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Tottori can refer to: * Tottori Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture with 613,229 people ** Tottori (city), a Japanese city with 202,015 people * Tottori Domain, a Japanese domain in the Edo Period * Tottori Airport * Tottori Sand Dunes The are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At a length of and less than wide, it is the largest sand dune in Japan. The sand dunes are part of San'in Kaigan Geopark, which is part of The UN ...

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Tottori can refer to: * Tottori Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture with 613,229 people ** Tottori (city), a Japanese city with 202,015 people * Tottori Domain, a Japanese domain in the Edo Period * Tottori Airport * Tottori Sand Dunes The are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At a length of and less than wide, it is the largest sand dune in Japan. The sand dunes are part of San'in Kaigan Geopark, which is part of The UN ...

Iwami Interchange
Iwami may refer to: * Iwami Province (石見国), an old province of Japan * Iwami, Shimane (石見町), a former town in Shimane, Japan * Iwami, Tottori (岩美町), a town in Tottori, Japan * Iwami Airport in Shimane, Japan * Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine People with the surname *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese artist *, Japanese political pundit and journalist *, Japanese tennis player See also * Iwami Station (other) Iwami Station is the name of two train stations in Japan: * Iwami Station (Nara) (石見駅) - in Miyake, Shiki District, Nara Prefecture * Iwami Station (Tottori) (岩美駅) - in Iwami, Iwami District, Tottori Prefecture is a prefecture ... {{disambiguation, geo, surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Iwami, Tottori
is a town located in Iwami District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Iwami lies entirely within the San'in Kaigan Geopark. Geography Located in eastern Tottori, Iwami faces the Sea of Japan to the north. As of June 1, 2016, the town has an estimated population of 11,382 and a density of 93 persons per km². The total area is 122.32 km². The surrounding landscape is dominated by low-lying hills and slopes; much of the built town and residential areas are located in flatter land between the heights. The north of the town borders onto Uradome Beach, though much of the rest of the coast consists of rough rocky outcrops and small inlets and bays. 15 km of this, collectively known as the Uradome Coast, is part of the Sanin Kaigan National Park. The Gamō River runs through the centre of the town. Iwami is around 30 minutes by train from the prefectural capital of Tottori City, and is the third stop by train heading east on the Tottori-Hamasaka line. Hyōgo Prefecture and Iwa ...
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Tottori can refer to: * Tottori Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture with 613,229 people ** Tottori (city), a Japanese city with 202,015 people * Tottori Domain, a Japanese domain in the Edo Period * Tottori Airport * Tottori Sand Dunes The are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At a length of and less than wide, it is the largest sand dune in Japan. The sand dunes are part of San'in Kaigan Geopark, which is part of The UN ...

Ōtani Interchange
Ōtani, Otani or Ohtani may refer to: * Ōtani (surname), a Japanese surname * Ōtani University, a private Buddhist university in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan * Ōtani-ha, a branch of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Pure Land Buddhism * The House of Ōtani, family of the descendants of Shinran, founder of Jōdo Shinshū See also * New Otani Art Museum The was an art museum founded in 1991 and housed on the sixth floor of the Hotel New Otani Tokyo's Garden Court office building. The Hotel, located in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, opened in 1964 to coincide with the Tokyo Olympic Games. The museum's col ...

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Tottori can refer to: * Tottori Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture with 613,229 people ** Tottori (city), a Japanese city with 202,015 people * Tottori Domain, a Japanese domain in the Edo Period * Tottori Airport * Tottori Sand Dunes The are sand dunes located outside the city center of Tottori in Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At a length of and less than wide, it is the largest sand dune in Japan. The sand dunes are part of San'in Kaigan Geopark, which is part of The UN ...