Kuroshio Town

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Fronting the grand Pacific Ocean, "Kuroshio Town" is a beautiful coastal city where a magnificent sand beach coastal line and idyllic Satoyama landscapes expand, accompanied by crisp, refreshing southern breezes. The beautiful white sand of "Irino Beach," continuing for about 4 kilometers, is globally celebrated as the stage for the "Seaside Gallery" (Sunahama Museum), a unique art project completely capturing international artistic and nature-loving travelers. Furthermore, Kuroshio Town stands as a sacred land for the masterly seared bonito "Katsuo no Tataki," with traditional straw-firing experiences dynamically baking over roaring flames being immensely popular among international tourists. Complete with traditional "Complete Solar-Drying Salt Making" workshops utilizing solely the power of sun and wind, it is a town where you can experience ocean energy and rich Japanese handiwork with your whole body.

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高知県黒潮町観光PRムービー「towards the ocean」

Kuroshio Town

幡多広域「黒潮町」編｜高知県幡多エリア観光✕SDGsTAKE ACTION～持続可能な未来を作る私たちの行動～

Hata Regional Tourism Association

Kuroshio Town

Address: 3573-5 Ukibuchi (inside Bios Ogata Information Center), Kuroshio Town, Hata District, Kochi Prefecture
Website: https://kuroshio-kanko.net/
Operator: Kuroshio Town Tourism Network

Kuroshio Town Spots List

Seaside Gallery (Irino Beach)
Tosa no Shiomaru Salt Making Experience
Solt Bee Complete Solar-Drying Salt Making Experience

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Seaside Gallery (Irino Beach)

Located in Kuroshio Town, the "Seaside Gallery (Irino Beach)" is a highly creative, globally focused outdoor art project that completely captures international artistic and nature-loving travelers, treating the vast 4-kilometer white sand coastline of "Irino Beach" itself as a giant museum. Entirely lacking buildings, it operates under the unique concept that "the beautiful sand beach, the Pacific Ocean, and the blowing sea breezes are all precious exhibits." Every spring, the "T-Shirt Art Exhibition" is held, where countless T-shirts printed with photographs and illustrations collected from worldwide are dried using stakes on the sand beach. The sight of white T-shirts dancing...

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Tosa no Shiomaru Salt Making Experience

Located in Kuroshio Town, "Tosa no Shiomaru" is a highly creative experiential spot where you can learn with all five senses about traditional "Complete Solar-Drying Salt Making" that crystalizes beautiful Pacific Ocean seawater naturally, utilizing solely the power of sun and wind without using fire at all. The sight of craftsmen gently massaging beautiful salt crystals every single day by hand inside wooden vinyl houses stands as the very pinnacle of Japanese craftsmanship. International tourists can not only learn about nature's mechanisms from the craftsmen's hot passion but also participate in workshops to actually harvest salt by themselves and create...

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Solt Bee Complete Solar-Drying Salt Making Experience

Located along the beautiful coastline of Kuroshio Town, "Solt Bee" is a highly popular workshop facility where you can enjoy a real, fun experience of the traditional "Complete Solar-Drying Salt" manufacturing process under the grand Pacific Ocean's natural blessings. Here, entirely lacking fire equipment (kiln baking), you can observe up close the highly advanced techniques of craftsmen utilizing solely solar heat and pleasant sea breezes over many weeks to transform seawater into beautiful emerald green salt crystals. Actually entering the salt houses to harvest sparkling salt is top-tier entertainment for international tourists. Mineral-rich handmade salt condensing the ocean's rich blessings...

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