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  • Statue of Ryoma Sakamoto
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    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Urado
    This bronze statue of Sakamoto Ryoma stands in Katsurahama Park in Urado, Kochi City. Funds to build the statue, which was completed in 1928, were raised by local volunteers. Standing 13.5 meters tall including the pedestal, it depicts Sakamoto Ryoma dressed in Japanese garb and western boots looking out at the Pacific Ocean from the heights of Katsurahama. During the fall a temporary observation deck the same height as the statue is built next to it as part of an event called Ryoma ni Daisekkin.
    Statue of Ryoma Sakamoto image
  • Nakamura Castle Ruins (Tamematsu Park)
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    Kouchi Pref. Shimantoshi Nakamura
    This public park is located near the Shimanto Historical Museum. It was the former site of Nakamura Castle (also known as Tamematsu Castle), which was built by Tamematsu during the Onin War. The park on a hill where you can see the townscape of Nakamura brings to mind Kyoto and extends in a square pattern, and is known as a popular cherry blossom viewing spot. Planted with approximately 500 Yoshino cherry trees, you can enjoy them when in full bloom from late March to early April, and also fantastic night cherry blossoms when paper lanterns are illuminated during the Shimanto River Flower and Cherry Blossom festivals.
    Nakamura Castle Ruins (Tamematsu Park) image
  • Ishin no Michi
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    Kochi Takaoka-gun Yusuharacho Tarogawa
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  • Statue of Sisters Oryu and Kimie
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    Kochi Aki-gun Geiseimura Wajikiko
    This is a bronze statue that is about 300 meters from the Kotogahama Matsubara Outdoor Theater entrance sign. Facing the great Pacific Ocean before them, and a deep green grove of pine trees behind them, this 1.7 meter-tall statue of two sisters stands on the Kotogahama Coast. This statue, erected in 1993, was built with the Geisei village's desire to memorialize sisterly love and Ryoma and Kakubei. The statue is of Oryu, the wife of Sakamoto Ryoma, and her younger sister, Kimie, as they stand gazing at the statue of Ryoma on the far away coastline of Katsurahama Coast. It was here, on the coastline of Kotogahama where Oryu, having lost her husband Ryoma would use his pistol and shoot at sparrows for sport, and where she also requested that here treasured letters from Ryoma be burned when she departed.
  • Okagoten
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    Kochi Aki-gun Tanocho 2147-1
    This is the former residence, built in 1844, of the Oka merchant magnate of Tano region. This building was used for the daimyo lords who would alternately be sent to former Tokyo, Edo, and for the patrols and security of the eastern region. Remodeled and preserved here on these expansive grounds are the palace, a tea house, an earthen warehouse, and a gate of honor for dignitaries, through which one can get an sense of the latter years of the grand clan era. The structure of the palace is replete with tatami spread rooms and polished prismatic pillars. It represents the highest pomp and ceremony of any building in East Kochi Prefecture. One can see the vestiges of the Tano region when it was the cultural, economic and political hub through the architecture of this building, which connects that age to today. For this reason, it has been designated as a Tangible Cultural Property of the Kochi Prefecture.
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  • Iwasaki Yataro Monument
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    Kochi Aki-shi Inokuchiko
    A bronze statue built in 1985 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Yataro Iwasaki’s birth. It first stood in Kami-Gonokawa Park near Aki City Hall, but in 2015 it was relocated to his ancestral home. Wearing Japanese clothing and calling to mind Yataro standing and facing the sea, the large statue is 3.3 meters high with a one-meter base. The imposing figure has a special ambiance and is worth seeing. Many tourists pose with their right hands raised and take a photo, copying the powerful pose of this dignified figure facing the storms of his day.
    Iwasaki Yataro Monument image
  • Emperor Antoku Ryobo-sankochi
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    Kochi Takaoka-gun Ochicho Ochitei 2332-4
    An imperial tomb in Yokokurayama Prefectural Nature Park to the west of Ochi-cho, an area with highlights like 774-meter Mt. Yokokura and the Niyodo River. It has received national designation. It is said to be a place where Emperor Antoku played an ancient type of football called kemari with the locals on a stealth visit from the capital. This is the only Imperial Household Agency land in the prefecture.
    Emperor Antoku Ryobo-sankochi image
  • Statue of Yoshimura Torataro
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    Kochi Takaoka-gun Tsunocho Shinden
    A bronze statue of Torataro Yoshimura, a village headman of Yoshiuno, Tsunoyama-go. At the age of 24, he joined a group loyal to the Tosa domain. He left the domain twice, having an ambition to lead himself, and later formed the Tenchu-gumi Group, acting as its president. Tenchu-gumi's actions are renowned as being the precursor of the Meiji Restoration.
    Statue of Yoshimura Torataro image
  • Ishin-no-Mon Gate
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    Kochi Takaoka-gun Yusuharacho Kawa Nishiji 2352-1
    This gate was established where the eight heroic patriots showed their determination climbing over the steep pass. There's a group of statues there dedicated to them and their aspirations. It was built including the feelings of local young people passionate about their hometowns and the many volunteers, both local and from afar, working to revive the countryside.
    Ishin-no-Mon Gate image
  • Yusuhara-za Theater
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    Kochi Takaoka-gun Yusuharacho Yusuhara 1496-1
    This building was constructed in Kita-cho in 1948 by the local Yusuhara-cho community and relocated and restored in Higashi-cho in 1995. It incorporates Wayo-secchu (Japanese Hybrid Style) architecture common in the Taisho era. With a modern exterior, the stage has a hanamichi walkway. There's also a second-floor gallery and the grain of the wooden ceiling is striking. It is the only wooden theater in Kochi Prefecture.
    Yusuhara-za Theater image
  • Rokushishi Graves
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    Kochi Takaoka-gun Yusuharacho Yusuhara 1561
    A cemetery with the graves of loyalists with ties to Yusuhara-cho, including Yoshimura Torataro, Nasu Shingo, Nasu Shunpei, Maeda Shigema, Nakahira Ryunosuke, and Kakehashi Izumi. In the late Tokugawa period, they stood for revering the Emperor and keeping out foreigners and were martyred while working for the nation. Their grave site is now a Cultural Property of Yusuhara-cho.
    Rokushishi Graves image
  • Chado
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    Kochi Takaoka-gun Yusuharacho Yusuhara 1565
    A historic teahouse style temple still standing in Yusuhara-cho. Its origins date to an 11-year period starting in 1604 when these small temples were built in the villages of the Tsunoyamago area and were appointed to host various local festivals. Measuring 3.6 meters wide by 2.72 meters deep, it's one of 13 preserved in the town.
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  • Ruins of Hineno Dojo
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    Kochi Kochi-shi Kamimachi 2-13
    A spot with ties to Sakamoto Ryoma about a five-minute walk from his birthplace. He trained there from the ages of 14 to 19 in sword fighting and use of the spear, bo-staff, and halberd, as well as in swimming, equestrian archery, and water-riding skills. Nothing of the dojo remains, but the stone walls and bamboo hedges give a feel for how it might have been.
  • Chosokabe Motochika Statue
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    Kochi Kochi-shi Nagahama 6600 Wakamiya Hachimangu Gaien
    Chosokabe Motochika was the 21st head of the Chosokabe clan. He grew from a Tosa local to a feudal lord during Japan's Warring States period. He is renowned for unifying Tosa, and nearly the whole of Shikoku. Before heading to war, he prayed for victory at Wakamiya Hachimangu Shrine. The statue was erected there at the suggestion of a local volunteer group in 1999, marking 400 years since his death.
    Chosokabe Motochika Statue image
  • Statue of Nakaoka Shintaro
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    Kochi Muroto-shi Murotomisakicho
    A statue of Meiji Restoration patriot Nakaoka Shintaro standing and looking out over the Pacific Ocean near the tip of Cape Muroto. He worked with Sakamoto Ryoma, the leader of the Maritime Corps. He was assassinated along with Ryoma in Oumiya, Kawaramachi, Kyoto on November 15, 1867. This statue was built in 1935 by an Aki District youth organization.
  • Hamada no Tomariya
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    Kochi Sukumo-shi Yamanacho Yoshina Miyanoshita 1307
    "From the end of the Edo period through the Meiji period, it was the custom for young men in the villages of the Hata area to build and stay in a ""tomariya"" cabin. Also called ""yagura,"" the tomariya of the Hata region were always built as detached structures with raised floors, and several hundred were built in the area. Today, four tomariya remain standing in the Yoshina neighborhood."
    Hamada no Tomariya image
  • Former Tajikawa Bansho Shoin
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    Kochi Nagaoka-gun Otoyo Cho Tajikawashimomyo 28
    The Nihon Koki, a classic Japanese history text, says Tajikawa post station was established in 797, meaning this former bansho guardhouse has a long history. It was particularly important as a headquarters for troops during the feudal period and was considered one of Tosa's three main guardhouses along with Iwasa kuchi-bansho and Ikegawa kuchi-bansho. The current building was taken over by the local municipality in 1973 and was designated a national Important Cultural Property with its present name in 1974.
    Former Tajikawa Bansho Shoin image
  • takeichihampenfutoshi kyutaku Haka
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    Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Nida 3021
  • Kashiwa Shima Ishitsutsumi
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    Kochi Hata-gun Otsukicho Kashiwa Shima
  • Fossil ream marks of Chihiromisaki
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    Kochi Prefecture Tosashimizu
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The largest of Shikoku’s prefectures, Kochi is endowed with some of the island’s most exceptional sand beaches lining the Pacific Ocean, which narrows into the Shimanto-gawa, a huge river that stretches 196 kilometers into the prefecture, passing verdant mountains and hosting countless riverside activities. Whether you’re a pilgrim or not, Kochi’s 16 Buddhist temples that make up one leg of the Shikoku Pilgrimage are worth a visit, particularly Chikurin-ji for its five-tier pagoda.

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