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Kami / Konan

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Ryugado Cave

4.0

166 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kamishi Tosayamadachousakakawa 1424

Ryugado Cave is a sightseeing limestone cave which is representative of Japan, which is said to have been formed over roughly 175 million years. There are remains of a cave dwelling from the Yayoi period in the vicinity of the entrance of an internal cave, and “Kami no Tsubo” can be seen within the cave in which Yayoi pottery has been integrated into stalactites. You can enjoy the beauty of nature moulding such as stalactite, stalagmite or celestial stone of 11 meters in height in this cave. There is a standard sightseeing course of about one kilometer but the 90 minute course in which you stretch and make progress through narrow caves and also the “Adventure Course” in which you climb onto three meter high rocks using ropes are also popular.

You enter the cave complex at the bottom of a hill and climb up and up before exiting into sunlight, and then it’s a long staircase and walkway back down. I didn’t see any warnings (in English) that...
Noichi Zoological Park of Kochi Prefecture

4.5

134 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kouchi Pref. Kounanshi Noichichouotani 738

This public zoo in Noichicho, Konan City, Kochi Prefecture, is characteristic for the way in which the animals are kept in an environment which closely resembles their natural habitat. The zoo is divided into separate areas such as the Temperate Forest, the Tropical Forest, the Africa and Australia Zone, and the Jungle Museum, where lots of different animals such as otters, lesser pandas, giraffes, kangaroos, and shoe-billed storks live quite contently. The Children’s Zoo, where children can get hands-on with the guinea pigs and ponies is also popular.

のいち動物園は広くて、めっちゃ楽しかった。動物達をよく観ることができて、皆元気そうでした。また是非訪ねます。 Noichi Zoo was really awesome. Surprisingly spacious! I’ll be sure to visit again! Nagyon király hely, nagyon tágas! Biztosan megyünk még!
Takashi Yanase Memorial Museum Anpanman Museum

4.5

124 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kamishi Kahokuchoubirafu 1224-2

The Anpanman Museum at Takashi Yanase Memorial Museum was established in 1996 with the intention of collecting, studying and displaying the diverse and creative works of Takashi Yanase, the creator of Anpanman. There are plenty of things to see and do such as the Takashi Yanase Gallery and Anpanman Theater with original drawings from his picture books and animations, as well as The Repository with all sorts of character goods on display. Both adults and children can enjoy the museum to their heart’s content. The three meter high Fighting Anpanman Statue is also a great place for photos.

There is a small Anpanman-themed space at the basement where you can take photos, an Anpanman art gallery at the second or third floor, and a gift shop at the ground floor. Honestly, not worth your...
Happy Raft

5.0

122 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kochi Nagaoka-gun Otoyo Cho Ikadagi 221

A company that conducts rafting and canyoning tours on Shikoku's Yoshino River. Their supportive, veteran guides are all RAJ (Rafting Association of Japan) qualified, and have other certifications both from Japan and abroad, ensuring you'll have a safe, fun tour. They also run a cafe and have their own accommodation available.

Happy raft is a great company and they take really good care of customers. The rafting was in a great location and it was challenging and really fun. I cannot recommend them any higher. Please check...
Hachiyo-zan Zenjibu-ji Temple

4.5

28 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Nankokushi Tochi 3084

The Hachiyo-zan Zenjibu-ji Temple is the 32nd temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. According to tradition, the Temple was founded by the bodhisattva Gyoki in the 8th century on the orders of Emperor Shomu, to pray for the safety of ships crossing the sea to and from Tosa. Later on, Kobo Daishi visited the site, and carved a statue of the bodhisattva Kannon with eleven faces to serve as the main object of veneration for the Temple. During the era when this region was administered as part of the Tosa domain, successive lords of the domain maintained a close relationship with the Zenjibu-ji Temple, coming here to pray for a safe journey whenever they had to travel by sea when returning to Edo to fulfill their responsibilities under the alternate attendance system (which required the lords of each domain to spend half of their time in Edo). The Temple is familiarly known as “Minen-ji” or “Mine-ji” by locals, because of its location on Mt. Mine.

八葉山求聞持院禅師峰寺（はちようざんぐもんじいん...
Hokai-zan Dainichi-ji Temple

4.0

29 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kounanshi Noichichoubodaiji 476

The Hokai-zan Dainichi-ji Temple is the 28th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It was founded in the 8th century when the bodhisattva Gyoki carved a statue of the Dainichi-Nyorai Buddha to serve as the main object of veneration for the Temple. The Temple was later abandoned; according to tradition, it was reestablished when Kobo Daishi visited the site and carved a statue of the Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha) out of a large Camphor tree with his fingernails. The Temple’s statue of the Konzaikai Dainichi Nyorai Buddha in a seated posture, which is said to have been carved by the bodhisattva Gyoki, has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The Hon-do (main hall), the renovation of which was completed in 1997, is made entirely of wood, fitted together without requiring the use of a single nail.

自分が宿泊していたホテルから近く、町中にあるお寺ですが雰囲気はよく、気持ちよく参拝できました。無料の駐車場もあります。
Manisan Kokubunji Temple

4.0

28 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Nankokushi Kokubu 546

This is a Shingon school Chisan-ha temple in Kokubu in Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture and is 29th temple of the 88 sacred places on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The entire grounds are designated as a national historic site. It is one of the 68 kokubunji temples that Emperor Shomu built across the country and was established with the thousand-armed kannon that Gyoki made himself in 741 as the principal object of worship. It was later restored by Kobo Daishi as a Shingon school temple. The main hall with its Tenpyo period-style exterior and its interior with features of the Muromachi period, the temple bell and the wooden statue of the Bhaisajyaguru are Nationally Important Cultural Properties. The garden with its beautiful hair moss is also a must-see.

まわりは田んぼでのんびりした場所にある立派なお寺です。朝9時からお寺カフェでの抹茶や写経もできるようですが、自分が朝早く着いてしまい時間の都合上今回は体験していません。とてもいい雰囲気のお寺でしたので次回はこれらを体験しに再訪したいです。
Nishijima Horticultural Park

3.5

34 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kouchi Pref. Nankokushi Hataeda 600

A fruits and flowers tourist farm in Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture, where visitors can enjoy sweet melons and watermelons all year round. About 200 kinds of tropical flowers including bougainvillea and hibiscus, carnivorous plants and cactus, etc. are cultivated and on display in the nursery house, and there are many potted plants for sale too. Strawberry picking is possible from January through to early June with the large, sweet benihoppe and sachinoka varieties on offer. Their specially made fruit jams, such as strawberry jam and melon jam are popular as souvenirs.

There’re so many kind of flowers and fruits all the time! You can also taste great foods and sweets there!
Roadside Station Osugi

3.5

27 Reviews

Transportation

Kouchi Pref. Nagaokagunotoyochou Sugi 743-1

This roadside station is located on the side of the Tosakita Highway in Sugi, Otoyo Town, Nagaoka County. It offers items including goishicha tea, a local specialty, processed yuzu citrus products, and more. The diner offers items such as their Tachikawa soba, which feature soba noodles made with 100% buckwheat flour, their goishicha gozen set meals, and more.

小さな売店ですが、売られているお土産の中には目をひくものがあります。 2000円以上買ったので、JAFカードの提示で、道の駅ストラップをもらいました。
Ekingura

4.0

31 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kochi Pref. Konan City Akaokacho 538

This art museum is located in Akaoka-cho, Konan City. It stores the folding screen paintings by the late Edo to early Meiji period painter Ekin (Hirose Kinzo) that are displayed at the Suruda Hachimangu Jinsai festival held on July 14 and 15 each year. One exhibit allows visitors to view the folding screen paintings in the same dark setting as the night of the festival. Another allows visitors to view the paintings through a literal hole in the wall. The museum regularly rotates the paintings that are on display. It also features exhibits about the life of Ekin.

期待通りの屛風絵です。本物は覗き見で見ること可能な２点だが、複製展示の絵も迫力満点、たしかに“恐ろしく美しい”。2020の絵金祭りは中止と聞きましたが、次回の祭りが楽しみです。
Roadside Station Tosa Sameura

3.5

12 Reviews

Transportation

Kouchi Pref. Tosaguntosachou Tai 448-2

This roadside station is located on the side of National Route 439 in Tai, Tosa Town, Tosa County. It offers local products such as seasonal local produce, processed products made from yuzu citrus and other items, the local sake “Keigetsu”, handcrafts, and more. The station’s diner serves set meals and donburi (rice bowls) featuring Tosa Akaushi (a red-haired Japanese cattle breed from Kochi), noodle dishes, and more. There is also an attached woodworking shop where visitors can purchase made-to-order work products or take woodworking classes.

赤牛の串焼きが絶品と友人に勧められ訪問・・・土日だけの販売で、平日だったため串焼きも絶品ソフトも食べられず残念。お土産品はもちろん地元の野菜なども安価で販売されています。地元の酒蔵「桂月」のゆず酒yuzusake購入。家内は絶品と高評価でした。
Kochi Prefectural Museum of History

4.0

24 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Nankokushi Okouchou Yahata 1099-1

This history museum is located in Okocho-yahata, Nankoku City. The Chosokabe Hall features exhibits related to the adjacent Oko Castle Ruins, a national Historic Site, as well as to the Chosokabe Clan, the warlords of the Tosa domain. The General Exhibit Hall covers the history and culture of Kochi from primeval times to the modern period. Its permanent exhibits include a recreation of the stronghold of Chosokabe forces during the Battle of Awa-Nakatomigawa, Odo-yaki ware fired in the kilns of the Tosa Domain during the Edo Period, and more. The museum also hosts special exhibitions on the history and folk customs of Tosa, museum talk shows, workshops, and other events.

空港へ向かう途中に少し時間があったので立ち寄りました。JAFの割引対象になっていました。駐車場は前にあり2Fが入り口になっており駐車場からは階段、スロープとエレベーターが設置されていました。展示は長曾我部氏などの山内氏以前時代が中心で古い時代からの高知県の歴史は参考になりました。途中の坂道が桜並木になっていて桜を見に来ている家族づれがいました。
Shikoku Automobile Museum

4.0

4 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kochi Pref. Konan City Noichicho-otani 896

This historic car museum is located in Otani, Noichi-cho, Konan City. Its historic car collection includes European sports and racing cars from makes like Abarth, Alfa Romeo, and Ferrari, domestic cars such as the Toyota 2000GT and the Toyopet Crown, and motorcycles from makes including Honda and Yamaha. The museum also regularly holds “open museum” events during which the cars are taken outside and their engines are started and inspected.

小さな自動車博物館でしたが・・・往年の名車がずらりとありました。個人的に大好きな時代の車に時間がたつのを忘れるほどでした。
Tennen no Yu Nagaoka Onsen

4.0

10 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kouchi Pref. Nankokushi Shimosuematsu 106

This hot spring spa is located in Shimosuematsu, Nankoku City is sourced from a natural sodium chloride hot spring 1,200 meters underground. The hot spring water is said to help with conditions such as nerve pain, muscle soreness, joint pain, bruises, sprains, sensitivity to cold, and fatigue. It is also said to help with convalescence and to promote good health. The spa offers indoor baths as well as open-air baths equipped with black granite bathtubs and cascading stream baths. Other facilities include saunas, a flowing water walking course, a 25-meter hot spring pool with a Jacuzzi, a training room, a restaurant, and more.

クルーズ船で高知にきたのですが、両親がスーパー銭湯がいい、というのでレンタカーで行きました。高知市内から30分ぐらい。駐車場は広く、中のお風呂もいろいろ種類があって良いです。隣にはプールもあって、別料金？で利用できるみたいです。風呂から上がって、中の食堂でカツオのたたき定食を食べました。
Creative Park ACTLAND

3.5

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kochi Pref. Konan City Noichicho-otani 928-1

This theme park located in Otani, Noichi-cho, Konan City features a number of museums and galleries. The Ryoma History Museum and the World Celebrity Museum display realistic wax figures. There are also galleries featuring the works of artists such as the late Edo period painter Ekin (Hirose Kinzo) as well as Francis Kwatei Nee-Owoo, an artist from Ghana. Other facilities include the World Model Car Museum, the World Classic Car Museum, and the Bonnet bus Museum.

This is one of my recommended places in kochi. You can enjoy some museums in one place. It’s open from morning till night!
Buraku-ji Temple Yakushido

4.5

6 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kochi Nagaoka-gun Otoyo Cho Terauchi 314

高知の山奥に四国の法隆寺と云われる国宝の寺があるとは、畏れ多いことです。724年創立とあり、歴史を感じるしっかりとした建物で、京都などとは違い無料で見学できるのは非常に有難い。ただ、国道から狭い山道を幾分不安を感じながら登る覚悟は必要です。
Poem and Märchen Gallery

3.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kouchi Pref. Kamishi Kahokuchounirouno 379

This gallery is located in Nirouno, Kahoku-cho, Kami City. It is one of the facilities of the Kami City Yanase Takashi Memorial Hall. It features exhibits related to the magazine “Poem and Märchen,” which was one of Takashi Yanase’s life’s works. These exhibits include the covers and illustrations Yanase created over the three decades since the magazine’s launch. It also holds events including exhibitions of artists with deep connections to the magazine.

日曜日の午後行ったけど、人が居ない。沢山の絵本が並べられているので読み放題だけど、寂しい。アンパンマンミュージアムから少ししか離れてないけど、せっかくの施設なので、もう少し工夫されればいいのに.....
Sameuraso

3.5

7 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kochi Tosa-gun Tosacho Tai 146-1

土佐赤牛のステーキのついてるプランで宿泊残念ながら天気には恵まれませんでしたが、美味しくお肉に大満足❗ 雨模様の早明浦ダム、四国の水がめも見応えあり残念だったのは、部屋の造りで、風呂から湖面が見えたら、もっと良かったのに
OHARA TOMIE MUSEUM OF LITERATURE

3.0

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kochi Nagaoka-gun Motoyamacho Motoyama 568-2

A literature museum showcasing the life and work of Tomie Ohara. In addition to displays of valuable items like drafts of manuscripts, they put a spotlight on her masterpiece “Woman Called En”-, illuminating Tomie Ohara’s world. The Anrian Tearoom expresses her spirit and is open to the public.

本山城跡に行った後に都合により寄りましたが失礼ながら誰かも知りませんでした。正直採算が非常に気になりました。
Roadside Station Nankoku Furari

Transportation

Kouchi Pref. Nankoku City Soyama102-1

This roadside station is located on the side of the Kochi East Road in Soyama, Nankoku City. It features a shop that offers product such as local Kochi sweets, seared skipjack tuna, Shimantogawa nori (seaweed sheets), processed yuzu citrus products, local sake, and more. It also features a farmer’s market that offers fresh local produce and processed products such as Pirishaki-zuke. These pickles are made with Shihochiku, a type of bamboo shoot that is a specialty of Nankoku City. At the café restaurant, visitors can enjoy set meals, donburi (rice bowls), udon noodles, and other dishes featuring the tastes of Tosa such as their Tosa Ajiwai Gozen set meal. It also offers a breakfast buffet.

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Kochi Areas

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.