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Sugimoto Jinja
The Daikoku market, one of the three great festivals of Tosa, is held here. The home of Tosa washi.
KochiShrines & TemplesOtoyo
Sugi no Osugi
Said to be 3,000 years old. The tree the singer Misora Hibari prayed to for success.
KochiShrines & TemplesShimanto
Fuba Hachimangu
Its main hall is an Important Cultural Property. It preserves a rite in which the gods themselves are married.
Kochi
Katsurahama
A statue of Sakamoto Ryoma looks out over the Pacific. Watatsumi Jinja stands at the tip of the cape.
KochiFestivalsKochi
Shinane-sai
One of the three great festivals of Tosa. It prays for the peace of the land.
KochiArchitecture
KochiCraft Experiences
KochiCraft ExperiencesShimanto
Shimantogawa
The last clear stream in Japan. Bridges here are built without railings, so that they simply go under when the river rises.
Aki
Nora Dokei
A clock tower built so that farmers could tell the time. The samurai quarter survives.
KochiArt & CraftsKochi
Yosakoi Matsuri
Dancers carry naruko clappers. The original of a festival that spread across Japan.
KochiNature & SceneryShimanto and others
Shimanto River
The last clear stream in Japan. Forty-seven bridges without railings, built to go under when the river rises.
KochiNature & SceneryKochi
Katsurahama
A statue of Sakamoto Ryoma looks out over the Pacific. It was sung of as a place to view the moon.
KochiHistoric Districts
KochiNature & SceneryTosashimizu
Cape Ashizuri
The southernmost point of Shikoku. An 80-metre cliff and a white lighthouse.
KochiNature & SceneryNiyodogawa and others
Niyodo River
Niyodo blue. It has been chosen many times as having the finest water quality in Japan.
KochiArchitectureKochi
Makino Botanical Garden
A memorial to Makino Tomitaro, the father of Japanese botany. It grows 3,000 species.
KochiMuseumsAki
Nora Dokei
A clock tower a landowner built himself so that the farmers could tell the time.
KochiArt & CraftsKochi
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.