How do you combine Matsue and Tottori-shi?
Yes. Matsue and Tottori-shi combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Matsue and a full day in Tottori-shi, around 2 days in total.
How the two connect
Matsue and Tottori-shi are only about 107 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Matsue is Izumo Enmusubi Airport (IZO), about 16 km away; for Tottori-shi it is Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport (TTJ), about 7 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Matsue
- a full day
- Tottori-shi
- a full day
- Together
- 2 days · about 107 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Matsue
- Tour around Matsue Horikawa
- Matsue & Izumo Taisha in 1 Day Tour with Licensed Guide
- Private Romantic Walking Tour In Matsue
- Matsue Customized Half-Day Tour with Licensed Local Guide
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.