A pilgrimage to photographer Shoji Ueda hometown museum in Tottori. Shin Takamatsu architecture, four black cubes, and the reflecting pool that frames Mt. Daisen.
Every January, the entire exhibition is demolished. Months of meticulous work by 20 international sculptors are unceremoniously crushed and returned to plain sand. Why would anyone destroy such monumental art? That is exactly the point—the beauty of the Tottori Sand…
2026 Update: The Sakyu Center Chairlift now accepts IC cards (Suica, ICOCA) as of March 21, 2026. The Sand Museum reopens April 24, 2026, with a new Spain theme. Most international visitors have never heard of Tottori. That’s exactly why…