Hokuei has two public elementary schools and two public junior high schools operated by the town government, and one public high school operated by the Tottori Prefectural Board of Education. Transportation Railway JR West - San'in Line - Highways Sister city relations Dadu District, Taichung, Taiwan, Friendship city since July 27, 2010 Noted people from Hokuei Gosho Aoyama - Born in formerly Daiei town. A famous manga artist. In 2007, a museum dedicated to the series, called the Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory, was opened in his home town. In popular culture In honor of manga artist Gosho Aoyama, who was born in the former town of Daiei, the town has various tourist attractions related to his most famous work, Detective Conan (known as Case Closed in the United States), including a Detective Conan-themed train station, and is promoted as Conan Town. Tottori Airport, 25 miles away from Hokuei (and located in the town of Koyama, within the city of Tottori, not Hokuei) was renamed Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport (鳥取砂丘コナン空港 Tottori Sakyū Konan Kūkō) in 2015. This has caught the attention of American late night talk show host Conan O'Brien, who discussed the town in his talk show and visited in September 2018, during which he became honorary mayor for one day and served hamburgers to the townspeople. External links Hokuei official website References Towns in Tottori Prefecture Tōhaku District, Tottori Hokuei, Tottori Populated coastal places in Japan