Nankoku City

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Located adjacent to the eastern side of Kochi City, "Nankoku City" is a history-emotion rich, lively destination spreading with idyllic rural landscapes and beautiful coastal lines, housing "Kochi Ryoma Airport"—the aerial gateway of Kochi Prefecture. Cradling the "Okoh Castle Ruins," which once served as the military base for Chosokabe Motochika, a master commander of the Sengoku period, it conveys historic samurai romance to this day. Furthermore, along the coastline overlooking the Kuroshio Current of the Pacific Ocean stands the "Maehama Bunker Group," a heavy concrete war legacy constructed during World War II, serving as a highly popular landmark among international history fans to stimulate intellectual curiosity. Complete with high-grade local gastronomy utilizing specialty fresh vegetables and fruits, it is a city where convenience and deep Tosa history and culture beautifully merge.

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Nankoku City Tourism Association

Nankoku City

Address
2301 Oasone-ko (inside Nankoku City Hall Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division), Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture
Website
https://www.nankoku-kankou.jp/
Operator
Nankoku City Tourism Association

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  • Maehama Bunker Group
  • Kochi Ryoma Airport
  • Kuwanokawa Torii Cedar
  • Former Mimoto Residence
Maehama Bunker Group
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Maehama Bunker Group

Standing proudly within the idyllic rural farmlands near the coastline of Nankoku City, the "Maehama Bunker Group" (Maehama Entai-gun) is the remains of heavy concrete dome-shaped military bunkers (hangars) constructed during the turbulent end of World War II to protect Japanese fighter planes from foreign aerial attacks and vessel bombardments. Currently, 7 bunkers of various sizes are carefully preserved in their ancient structural appearances amidst vast green agricultural fields, with their unique, heavy ruin beauty thoroughly captivating history fans and photographers worldwide. Strong traces of intense hand-construction by local youths and residents using limited resources during wartime remain on the...

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Kochi Ryoma Airport
Kochi

Kochi Ryoma Airport

Located in Nankoku City, "Kochi Ryoma Airport" is the lively aerial gateway welcoming your travel's beginning and ending across south-land Tosa. Bearing the name of Sakamoto Ryoma—the great hero of the late Edo period Kochi proudly presents to the world—which is an extremely rare feature for a Japanese airport, a dignified life-sized statue of Ryoma and dynamic displays conveying Kochi's grand great nature and the dynamic energy of the traditional "Yosakoi Festival" greet travelers the moment they arrive, warmly enveloping them in Tosa's hot passion. Direct-sales markets and restaurants inside the airport provide substantial options to enjoy famous seared bonito...

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Kuwanokawa Torii Cedar
Kochi

Kuwanokawa Torii Cedar

Sequestered hiddenly within the deep mountain valleys of the Kuwanokawa area in Tsuno Town, "Kuwanokawa Torii Cedar" is an underground secret power spot where great nature's structural life force and traditional Japanese faith beautifully merge, surrounding visitors in a mystical primitive forest silence. Designated as a National Natural Monument, this pair of giant cedar ancient trees boasts an age of several hundred years, whose roots miraculously combined naturally at the base while horizontal branches above created a beautiful, perfect H-shape looking exactly like a Shinto shrine "Torii" gate. The moment you step inside, you are completely wrapped in an overwhelming...

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Former Mimoto Residence
Kochi

Former Mimoto Residence

Former Mimoto Residence in Yusuhara Town is a traditional, prestigious old folk house built in Meiji 1 (1868) during the turbulent late Edo period, designated as a town cultural property, standing as a representative architectural masterpiece where ancient wooden frames and beautiful thatched roofs melt beautifully into surrounding mountain village landscapes. Stepping inside completely wraps visitors in a nostalgia of good old Japan, with its irori fireplace, heavy wooden frames, and dirt floors carefully preserved with their ancient architectural techniques intact. It stands as a must-see hidden famous spot for international architecture and history fans wishing to deeply learn traditional...

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