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Tosa Jinja
Seen from above, the halls form a dragonfly, an unusual layout called iri-tonbo-zukuri. Chosokabe Motochika rebuilt it.
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Chikurinji
It has a five-storey pagoda and a garden designated a Place of Scenic Beauty. It is also known as the temple of Junshin, the monk of Harimayabashi in the Yosakoi song.
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Wakamiya Hachimangu
Where Chosokabe Motochika prayed for victory in his first battle. A bronze statue of him stands in the grounds.
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Chikurinji Gojunoto
It stands on Mount Godai. The setting for Junshin, the monk of the Yosakoi song.
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Katsurahama
A statue of Sakamoto Ryoma looks out over the Pacific. Watatsumi Jinja stands at the tip of the cape.
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Shinane-sai
One of the three great festivals of Tosa. It prays for the peace of the land.
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Yosakoi Matsuri
Dancers carry naruko clappers. The original of a festival that spread across Japan.
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Katsurahama
A statue of Sakamoto Ryoma looks out over the Pacific. It was sung of as a place to view the moon.
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Makino Botanical Garden
A memorial to Makino Tomitaro, the father of Japanese botany. It grows 3,000 species.
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The Museum of Art, Kochi
Among Japan's major Chagall holdings, in a building faced with local plaster and tile, and fitted with a Noh stage.
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Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center
The photographer whose images of Katsura changed how Japanese architecture is seen; all 34,000 of his works came here.
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Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum
On a headland with galleries cantilevered over the Pacific, holding letters whose handwriting breaks into something like drawing.
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Kochi Sunday Market
A street market held for over three centuries; once a week a city avenue changes character entirely.
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Katsurahama Beach
A beach of many-coloured pebbles, long famous for moon viewing, with Ryoma's statue facing the sea.
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Chikurinji
The 31st pilgrimage temple, with a garden attributed to Muso Soseki and a pagoda above the bamboo.
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Hirome Market
Separate stalls share one seating floor - a building that leaves the division of space to its users.