{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b22f092e49a2276d19f76b99","clusterId":"c_ad0ccb55185c5cabebd86388","slug":"jr-west-and-tottori-prefecture-outline-ryugu-koku-tottori-rpg-at-tgs-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"JR West and Tottori Prefecture Outline Ryugu-koku Tottori RPG at TGS 2026","summary":"At Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 17, JR West, Tottori Prefecture, and JP UNIVERSE held a stage event called TOTTORI GAME SHOW to detail the FANTASY TOTTORI PROJECT, which develops Tottori Prefecture itself as a game IP, and its core RPG Ryugu-koku Tottori. Producer Hitoshi Tabata introduced footage of the fantasy RPG, in which 47 countries compete, Tottori appears as Tottori-koku ruled by Yakami-hime, and players act as its citizens against a neighboring invasion.","whyItMatters":"The project treats a prefecture as the intellectual property rather than a setting, so the pitch rests on real myths, places, and food in Tottori being folded into the game and on real-world activity feeding back into it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe event opened with an anime short in which Yoshida-kun from Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume wanders into a Tottori that is not quite the usual Tottori. Takuma Yaegashi, station master and general producer of Tottori-koku Station at JR West, told the stage that the plan is to turn Tottori into a game, but he framed it as more than using the prefecture as a setting.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernor Shinji Hirai appeared in a video shot at the Tottori Sand Dunes, naming the Hare of Inaba, the myth of Okuninushi and Yakami-hime, Tottori Castle, and pears before declaring the founding of Tottori-koku. Yaegashi said many of the governor\u0026#39;s remarks were ad-libbed and that the governor supports the initiative.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Hitoshi Tabata's Ryugu-koku Tottori turns an actual prefecture into an RPG faction, with Tottori-koku ruled by Yakami-hime. Players act as its citizens, so JR West is selling regional identity as playable content, not scenery.","twitterPost":"In Ryugu-koku Tottori, players are citizens of Tottori-koku, not tourists. JR West is selling regional identity as a playable faction.","threadsPost":"Hitoshi Tabata's Ryugu-koku Tottori makes Tottori an in-game nation, Tottori-koku, ruled by Yakami-hime, and players act as its citizens. JR West is turning regional identity into a playable faction rather than scenery.","newsletterBlurb":"At Tokyo Game Show 2026, JR West, Tottori Prefecture, and JP UNIVERSE used a stage event called TOTTORI GAME SHOW to lay out the FANTASY TOTTORI PROJECT, which develops Tottori Prefecture itself as a game IP. The core RPG, Ryugu-koku Tottori, places 47 rival countries in a Japan-like world and puts players in Tottori-koku as citizens serving Yakami-hime against a neighboring invasion. Producer Hitoshi Tabata introduced the footage.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/926/G092674/20260917079/\",\"title\":\"Tottori Prefecture Itself as a Game! The Mechanics and Gameplay of \\\"Ryugu-koku Tottori,\\\" an RPG That Connects to Reality, Revealed in \\\"TOTTORI GAME SHOW\\\" Report [TGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4793,"outputTokens":798,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789656262,"createdAt":"2026-09-17T14:38:45.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T14:43:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T14:43:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ad0ccb55185c5cabebd86388","canonicalTitle":"鳥取県そのものをゲームに！　「竜宮国 鳥取」が目指す“現実とつながるRPG”の仕組みとゲーム内容が明かされた「TOTTORI GAME SHOW」レポート［TGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_7b8c9aad9881ac76575b5776","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Ryugu-koku Tottori\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hajime Tabata\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-17T14:02:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-17T14:02:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T14:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/926/G092674/20260917079/","title":"鳥取県そのものをゲームに！　「竜宮国 鳥取」が目指す“現実とつながるRPG”の仕組みとゲーム内容が明かされた「TOTTORI GAME SHOW」レポート［TGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Ryugu-koku Tottori"],"studios":[],"people":["Hajime Tabata"],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}