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Pokélovers can have fun taking in the local sights AND entering a lottery to win some local delicacies.
Region famous for its sand dunes gets beautiful public art pieces featuring more than a dozen different Pokémon species.
Not only can you catch ’em all in Tottori’s sand dunes, but the very cutest ones will welcome you to the prefecture!
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