Name: Japan's Crazy Desert Revealed: Tottori Sand Dune Adventure ★ ONLY in JAPAN
Uploaded: 2017-04-20T14:58:36.000Z
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Tottori Sand Dune Adventure: Japan’s Crazy Desert Revealed

at the Tottori Sand Dunes or the Tottori Sakyu

Now this place might just look like a big beach but

You’re image of Japan is probably of Tokyo

There’s not even a vending machine. I mean ..

Exactly! This is Japan’s biggest desert

which is right on the coast of Tottori City

making it more than half the size of Manhattan in New York.

Those are tourists climbing the over 50m high sand dune.

Which is exactly what I’m about to do right now.

The sand dunes are Tottori’s biggest tourist draw

with over 2 million people visiting annually

It’s part of the Sanin Kaigen National Park.

The dunes can be anywhere from 50 to 90 meters high!

It’s one of the strangest sights to see in Japan.

There’s also sand surfing, paragliding and horse carting

if you don’t like wandering around the desert.

The Tottori Sand Dunes are an amazing sight.

and go to the “Suna no Bijyutsukan“ or the SAND MUSEUM.

with some of the most impressive sand sculptures in the world.

Each one is created by an international artist

Sand is used from the dunes across the street

The art of sand sculpting started in the US over 40 years ago

This museum with the dedicated leadership of executive producer

and I got a chance to interview him earlier

seems like the perfect compliment to it all.

Chaen-san is the executive producer of the sand museum.

and brings all the artists together to make what you see here.

Now he’s creating a sculpture of Christ the Redeemer from Rio.

He uses all sorts of tools to work the sand.

The color and consistency of the Tottori Sand Dune Sand

and I wanted to get to know more about Chaen-san’s vision

after 400,000, we needed a building for it.

It’s a very modern and clean building where

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