Yonago East Hospital (米子東病院)
Yodoe, Yonago, Tottori Prefecture
Sources checked October 2026
- Year
- 2007
- Architect
- Tadao Ando
- Type
- Rehabilitation hospital
- Access
- Hospital in operation, seen from outside (hospital website, October 2026)
This rehabilitation hospital in Yonago, designed by Tadao Ando, faces Mount Daisen to the south-east and, to the north, a large pine wood behind which lie Miho Bay and the Sea of Japan. It has three reinforced-concrete levels. It opened on 1 June 2007.
History
The hospital opened on 1 June 2007 in Yodoe, in the municipality of Yonago. It was designed by Tadao Ando.
Architecture
The building, of reinforced concrete, has three levels. It looks south-east toward Mount Daisen; to the north stretches a broad pine wood, beyond which lie Miho Bay and the Sea of Japan. For rehabilitation, it offers a dedicated space on each floor, a gallery that can be walked endlessly in a loop, and slopes and steps left on purpose as obstacles.
Use today
It is a rehabilitation hospital serving the local community, with orthopaedics, rehabilitation and internal medicine among its specialities: teams from several professions support the recovery of inpatients and of people seen as outpatients.
Visiting
It is a working hospital: its architecture is seen from the outside.
Yodoe, Yonago, Tottori Prefecture
Greenhouses nearby
Architecture nearby
