Kurayoshi

Kurayoshi (Kurayoshi-shi in Japanese) is a city in the central part of Tottori Prefecture, Japan. At the end of December 2021 it had an estimated population of 44,969 in 20,609 households, a density of about 170 people per square kilometre, and a total area of 272.06 square kilometres. A plain supports local farming, and the area is a major centre of rice and pears, as well as grapes in the sandy areas near the Sea of Japan coast. The climate is humid subtropical, with warm, wet summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. Kurayoshi prospered as a centre of commerce and industry in the Edo period, and many soil-lacquered warehouses from the late Edo period still stand in its Utsubuki-Tamagawa preservation district.