Tottori Prefecture · Chugoku
道の駅 神話の里 白うさぎ
Take in Hakuto Coast, enjoy seafood and Sunaba Coffee, and bring home Hakuto souvenirs and a taste of Tottori.
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Eat, shop, play, take in the view or rest. Choose from the station’s strengths to suit your day.
The sea view shapes the whole impression of this stop. On a clear day, go up to the terrace before eating to decide whether to walk along the coast.
Choose between a seafood lunch and a short break with coffee soft-serve. During the lunch rush, the restaurant may stop accepting customers early.
Pick up rabbit-themed sweets and goods along with Tottori souvenirs before heading home.
With 30 minutes, visit the shrine; with 60 minutes, extend the walk to the coast, Hakuto Hill and toward Cape Keta.
The information corner is generally open 24 hours. It is a good place to check road and weather information while driving National Route 9.
Toma Saegusa sees this stop as more than just a meal or a shrine visit. Looking over Hakuto Coast first makes it easier to choose between seafood at Ginrintei, a sweet treat at Sunaba Coffee and a rabbit-themed souvenir from the shop. This National Route 9 break adds a little Tottori food and storytelling to the drive.
Michi-no-Eki Shinwa no Sato Shiro Usagi is a seaside roadside station on National Route 9 between central Tottori City and the Kurayoshi and Yonago direction. Hakuto Coast, Hakuto Shrine and Hakuto Hill can be visited together. Even a look over the Sea of Japan from the second-floor terrace, seafood at Ginrintei, coffee soft-serve at Sunaba Coffee and a rabbit-themed souvenir from the shop make a memorable stop. The parking area and restaurants can get busy during summer swimming season and at lunchtime, so shifting the order of your meal, walk and shopping can make the visit easier.
Hakuto Coast is in front of the building and Hakuto Shrine behind it. The second-floor terrace connects to a pedestrian bridge, making it easy to go from your car to the sea, shrine and shops. Even when sightseeing time is short, a 30-minute break can become a distinctly Hakuto detour.
Ginrintei on the second floor is a seafood restaurant overlooking Hakuto Coast, with live fish. For a lighter stop, head to Sunaba Coffee on the first floor for coffee soft-serve or a drink. Keeping your lunch timing flexible helps when it is crowded.
The shop brings together rabbit-themed sweets and goods with Tottori specialties. It is a useful stop on National Route 9 when you have no time to shop at Tottori Station or the airport on your way home.
Spend your time at the station or add somewhere nearby. These ideas help you plan around your companions and the weather.
After parking, use the toilets, look at the sea from the second-floor terrace, then visit the shop. Even on a short stop, a rabbit-themed souvenir and a sweet treat from Sunaba Coffee make it more than a routine break.
Parking → toilets → second-floor terrace → shop → Sunaba Coffee
Parking can fill on summer weekends. Allow extra time around midday, when beach use peaks.
Visit Hakuto Shrine first, have seafood at Ginrintei, then choose souvenirs at the shop. The meal overlooking the sea is the focus, so check the last admission time and crowding before you plan to eat.
Hakuto Shrine → Ginrintei → second-floor terrace → shop
Ginrintei is closed on Thursdays and has different weekday and weekend or holiday hours. For busy periods such as Obon, the summer holiday season, follow its official notices.
Cross the pedestrian bridge to Hakuto Coast and continue toward views of Oki-no-shima, Hakuto Hill and Cape Keta. On windy days or when waves are high, stay around the terrace and shrine rather than going down to the sand.
Second-floor terrace → pedestrian bridge → Hakuto Coast → Hakuto Hill → roadside station
Sun, wind and sand can change how the coast feels. Carry drinks in summer and wind protection in winter.
Use the nursing room or multipurpose toilets. If you go to the coast, keep the beach walk short rather than planning a long play session on the sand. If the restaurant wait looks long, switching to Sunaba Coffee or the shop can help prevent children getting tired.
Toilets and nursing room → terrace → shop or dessert → short coast walk if weather permits
The parking area and coast are busy during swimming season. Keep children close by the waterline, on the pedestrian bridge and along National Route 9.
Generally 8:30–18:00 from December 3 through February 28. Open year-round.
Road traffic information, tourist information and roadside station stamp guidance are available.
Last orders are generally 15:00 on weekdays and 16:00 on weekends and holidays. Closed Thursdays.
Days off vary, according to Sunaba Coffee. Serves coffee soft-serve, drinks and souvenirs.
Check office hours for amulets and goshuin, a shrine stamp written in a visitor's book. The shrine is a separate facility from the roadside station.
The 2026 swimming season ended on August 16. Outside the season, lifeguards, showers and changing rooms are not operating. The guidance says there are no beach huts, rentals or barbecues.
Stars show the editorial recommendation for each age group on a five-point scale. Read the reasons alongside each rating.
A nursing room and multipurpose toilets make a short break easier.
Check wind, sand and sun if you take a baby to the coast. Nurse or change diapers first; the terrace alone can be enough for a short outing.
The sea and rabbit statues may appeal, but children need close supervision near National Route 9 and the waterline.
Keep beach visits short. If the wait for food is long, switch to the shop or a sweet treat.
Rabbit statues at the shrine, the coast and soft-serve make an easy set of activities.
Walking from Hakuto Shrine to the coast can feel like a small adventure. In summer, plan for water and a change of clothes.
Walk while looking for links to the White Rabbit of Inaba myth, Oki-no-shima and coastal landforms.
Add Hakuto Hill or the Cape Keta direction to see both the myth and landscape. When waves are high, the terrace and shrine are an easier choice.
The station's facility guide lists a nursing room. Check on-site signs for its hours.
Ostomate facilities and a larger changing surface are listed.
Wind, waves, sand and sunshine change conditions. A long walk in the summer midday heat may be tiring.
If Ginrintei is busy, switch to Sunaba Coffee, the shop or a walk on the terrace.
Permanent spaces and dated events are listed separately. Events can change both the atmosphere and crowds; use the official links for details.
Checking event dates.
In 2026, the swimming season ran from July 11 to August 16, with lifeguard supervision from 9:00–16:00, according to the Tottori City tourism site. Outside the season, lifeguards, showers and changing rooms are not operating. Check the Tottori City tourism site for next summer's dates. The station's parking and surrounding paths are also more crowded during swimming season.
Tottori City says the Hakuto Festival is held each year in early August. On days with fireworks or other events, allow for different levels of crowding in the parking area, on National Route 9 and at restaurants.
Official notices sometimes announce commemorative events for En, the second rabbit stationmaster. Limited items and event dates vary, so check official updates for the day of your visit.
For Obon 2026, the official notice listed August 8–16 as 11:00–17:00, with last orders at 16:00, and August 17 as a substitute closure. Busy-season hours are announced separately for each period in official notices.
Practical ideas and things to consider when spending time here.
The official facility guide describes views over Hakuto Coast from the second-floor terrace and access to the coast by pedestrian bridge. Visitor reviews and travel accounts also often combine food and shopping with the coast, shrine and view. See the scenery first, then decide how long to stay.
Ginrintei is a second-floor restaurant overlooking Hakuto Coast. Official notices warn that admission may end early in busy periods. If seafood is your main reason for visiting, do not spend too long at the shrine first; planning for opening time or an early lunch makes the day easier.
The official facility guide says the free parking area has space for 132 vehicles but can still fill in summer. During the Hakuto swimming season, station visitors, shrine visitors and beachgoers may arrive together, so allow extra time around midday.
The official specialties page introduces soft-serve made with Jersey milk and Sunaba coffee. Travel accounts also describe seeing the sea and Oki-no-shima from window seats. Even without a restaurant meal, it is a useful Tottori-style sweet break.
Hakuto Coast has white sand, Oki-no-shima, beach roses and sunsets; the view changes with season and weather. On windy days or in winter, a shorter visit to Hakuto Shrine, the second-floor terrace and Sunaba Coffee can be more comfortable than a long beach walk.
The shop offers Hakuto-themed souvenirs and Tottori specialties, so you can shop along National Route 9 after visiting the Tottori Sand Dunes or central Tottori City. Food, shopping, worship and the sea give companions with different interests reasons to stop.
Opening and closure days, individual businesses and facilities for children or dogs can affect your plans.
Specialities, places to eat, sweets and bakeries can all give you a reason to stop. Check individual menus for current prices and availability.
A meal, a sweet treat, market shopping or something to take away: choose a focus for the day instead of trying everything at once.
For a day when you want Tottori fish with a sea view. Arriving a little before the lunch rush makes the visit easier.
Check Thursday closures, last orders and any early end to admission in busy periods.
A lighter meal option when you want to visit the shrine or walk along the coast first.
Pause after seeing the sea before returning to the car. It also makes a useful break on a long drive.
Convenient when you have no time to shop at Tottori Station or the airport on your way home.
At lunchtime or during summer vacation, look at the sea first and decide when to eat based on the queue rather than centering the visit solely on a meal.
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Take in Hakuto Coast, enjoy seafood and Sunaba Coffee, and bring home Hakuto souvenirs and a taste of Tottori.
Just behind the roadside station, visit the setting of the White Rabbit of Inaba story.
Reach the sea of the White Rabbit of Inaba story by pedestrian bridge from the station terrace.
Extend the coastal walk a little for views of Oki-no-shima and the Sea of Japan.
In early summer, delicate flowers add a seasonal reason to visit this nationally designated natural monument.
Combine a Hakuto seaside break with one of Tottori's signature half-day detours.
A first visit, couples or a brief introduction to the local myth.
A clear-day seaside walk, a stroll after eating or a photo stop.
When a shrine visit alone feels too short, or you want to walk with sea views.
Flower walks from mid-May to mid-June, or a seasonal sight beyond the sea.
For more of Tottori's natural scenery, especially on a first visit from outside the prefecture.
Send your travel companions a possible stop.
