Ikuna Kamezawa
Our Tottori-born reporter buys some “sand eggs” cooked at insanely high temperatures to determine just how egg-citing they are.
![Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/imgi_170_IMG_6363-2.jpg?w=640 "Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]")
With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.
She was looking forward to a reunion with her favorite G-boy, but the new people she met were just as special.
Legends say Sai no Kawara exists on the border between the realms of the living and the dead, but the map says it’s in Tottori.
We stumble upon a sweet surprise while shopping and naturally have to try out the new finds for ourselves.
A visit to this restaurant that specializes in deep sea fish also teaches us that some of our favorite fish live deeper than we previously thought. Read More
We stumble upon a small Korean area in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the city connected to Busan, Korea by ferry.
We make a simple dish with the fruit that would make Crayola proud by cooking it with…pork?!
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