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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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Hotsumisakiji
Said to be where Kukai practised and took the name Kukai. The Mikurodo cave at Cape Muroto is held to be that place of practice. Kochi is the road of practice on the 88-temple circuit: it has only 16 temples, the fewest of the four prefectures, and the longest distance between them.
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Kongofukuji
It stands at the very tip of Cape Ashizuri. About 80 kilometres from the previous temple, it ends the longest stretch on the whole circuit.
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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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Ashizuri Misaki
A cape from which monks set sail, believing the Pure Land lay beyond the southern sea.
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Ichijo Jinja
The shrine of the little Kyoto of Tosa, founded by the Ichijo family after they fled the Onin War.
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Shoryuji (Kochi)
The source of the ring name of the yokozuna Asashoryu. He trained his legs on the 170 stone steps.
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Konomineji
You climb a slope so steep it is called the sheer vertical. The mother of Iwasaki Yataro of Mitsubishi came here daily.
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Kujirazuka
A mound to hold memorials for the whales that were taken. An awareness of receiving a life, given form.