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Nankoku City

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...

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Shimanto Town

Shimanto Town, located in the southwestern part of Kochi Prefecture, expands across the mid-stream areas of the "Shimanto River"—termed Japan's last pristine stream—standing as a popular destination rich in outdoor adventures and cultural aesthetics of sea, mountain, and river blessings. Beyond enjoying canoeing, rafting, and cycling along the river, it houses "Iwamoto-ji Temple"—the 37th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, globally famous for its pop-art ceiling paintings inside the main hall, comfortably intersecting traditional Buddhist culture and cutting-edge contemporary art. Being a treasure trove of gastronomy yielding branded rice, fresh sweetfish, river shrimp, and specialty juicy yuzu and pork, it is...

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Wakai Chinka-bashi Bridge

Wakai Chinka-bashi Bridge, spanning the upstream area of the Shimanto River inside Shimanto Town, is a travel-romance rich hidden spectacular scenic sinking bridge known to those in the know, beautifully harmonizing with untouched, idyllic mountain village landscapes and pure river flows. Constructed without railings (handrails) designed to sink into the river during floods uniquely along the Shimanto River, this bridge completely integrates with surrounding lush green beautiful mountains, and walking across provides a top-tier sense of openness as if strolling atop the water surface. Comparing to famous sinking bridges downstream, it features relatively fewer tourists, standing as a supreme hidden...

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Hirome Market

Located in the center of Kochi City near Kochi Castle, "Hirome Market" is the ultimate indoor gourmet sanctuary where world food lovers gather, condensing southern Tosa's overwhelming food culture and lively enthusiastic air. Inside the facility, more than 60 unique stalls, restaurants, and souvenir shops crowd together, allowing you to observe up close the famous "Katsuo no Tataki" being masterfully seared over roaring straw flames. The greatest charm is the unique warm banqueting culture (Okyaku culture) where local citizens and travelers sit together at vast communal tables to enjoy alcohol and conversations starting from midday. The home-like, highly energetic space...

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Chikurin-ji Temple

Enshrined atop the sacred Mt. Godai in Kochi City, "Chikurin-ji Temple" was founded in Janki 1 (724) under the imperial decree of Emperor Shomu, serving as the 31st temple of the Shikoku八十八箇所 Pilgrimage and deeply revered with a distinguished history as the "Temple of Learning." Stepping inside the grounds, a beautiful green moss garden, heavy wooden temple halls designated as National Important Cultural Properties, and a soaring pure-red "Five-Story Pagoda" welcome you, enveloping visitors in an overwhelming solemnity and Zen silence. The treasure house exhibits numerous authentic ancient Buddhist statues from the Heian to Kamakura periods close up, letting you...

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The Garden of Claude Monet Marmottan in Kitagawa Village

Nestled within the rich great nature of Kitagawa Village, "The Garden of Claude Monet Marmottan in Kitagawa Village" is a miracle artistic resort garden which is the only place globally officially permitted to replicate the Giverny gardens loved by the French impressionist master Claude Monet, creating numerous masterpieces. Within the painting-like garden where light and water intertwine, beautiful seasonal flowers bloom as if jumping out from Monet's canvas, and from early summer to autumn, the authentic "Blue Water Lilies" dreamed of by Monet beautifully bloom inside the ponds. Its overwhelmingly beautiful color panorama is highly photogenic, thoroughly captivating art fans...

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Ryugado Cave

Ryugado Cave in Kami City is counted among Japan's top three limestone caves and designated as a National Natural Monument, standing as a magnificent underground art space created over an immense timeline of about 175 million years. Totaling about 4 kilometers with about 1 kilometer open as a general sightseeing route, its historical art spaces are beautifully produced via fantastical cutting-edge LED light-ups and projection mapping acoustics, completely overwhelming international tourists. Furthermore, an authentic "Adventure Course" advancing through narrow rock gaps using just helmets and flashlights alongside a navigator is highly popular. Cradling world-rare historical legacies like the "God's Vessel"—a...

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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 Reihoku Area

Located in the northern part of Kochi Prefecture, the "Tosa Reihoku Area" consists of Motoyama Town, Tosa Town, Okawa Village, and Otoyo Town, standing as the ultimate mountain resort embraced by rugged Shikoku Mountains and the pure stream of the Yoshino River. Renowned globally as a sacred destination for authentic outdoor activities such as canoeing and SUP at Lake Sameura—western Japan's largest water reservoir—and fierce, world-class rafting along the Yoshino River, it thoroughly captivates adventure lovers worldwide. It also features magnificent gastronomic options like the "Terraced Fields in the Sky" landscape of Aikawa and Yoshinobu, alongside phantom branded "Tosa Akaushi"...

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Tosa City

Fronting the Pacific Ocean and the mouth of the Niyodo River, "Tosa City" is a lively southern coastal city where rich ocean blessings and idyllic pristine stream landscapes comfortably merge. The "Yokonami Kuroshio Line" driving course running along the coast is celebrated as one of Shikoku's premier spectacular scenic drive and cycling routes where you can look down at the rough Pacific Ocean panorama and the calm Uranouchi Bay simultaneously, strongly drawing international travelers. Furthermore, it houses "Seiryuji Temple," the 36th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage boasting about 1,200 years of history, allowing visitors to experience spiritual history and culture...

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Ino Town

Adjacent to Kochi City, "Ino Town" is a beautiful town located in the mid-stream area of the miracle pure stream Niyodo River, where rich great nature and traditional culture live deeply. It is globally known as the birth land of "Tosa Washi," a top-grade traditional Japanese paper crafted since ancient times, praised as "Kagerou's wings" due to its incredible thinness and sturdiness. At the "Ino Town Paper Museum," you can not only observe the highly advanced skills of craftsmen but also actually enjoy traditional paper-making experiences by yourself, which is immensely popular among international tourists. Also cradling the mystical waterfall...

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Niyodogawa Town

Located in the northwestern part of Kochi Prefecture along the border with Ehime, "Niyodogawa Town" is a beautiful town wrapped in the blessings of rich great nature and pure streams, with forests occupying about 90% of the town, praised as the hometown of "Niyodo Blue." Housing Japan's premier canyon beauties like "Anui Gorge" and "Nakatsu Gorge," the world-class canyoning and hiking experienced within its untouched, primitive nature thoroughly captivate international travelers seeking adventures. Additionally, beautiful tea plantations of specialty "Tosa tea" color the mountainsides alongside original Japanese landscapes of idyllic terraced fields remaining as they were. Blown by refreshing mountain...

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Ochi Town

Ochi Town, located in the mid-western part of Kochi Prefecture, is an outdoor sacred destination rich in untouched Japanese original landscapes, embraced by the pure stream of the beautiful Niyodo River and the rugged yet rich Shikoku Mountains. Housing "Mt. Yokokura," a botanical sanctuary deeply loved by world-class botanist Dr. Tomitaro Makino where precious fossils from about 400 million years ago are discovered, and the mystical "Hijiri Shrine" standing along a sheer vertical cliff, its hand-constructed dynamic natural environments and mountain faith history thoroughly captivate international travelers. Furthermore, it serves with high convenience as a base for camping, canoeing, and...

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Hidaka Village

Located about 30 minutes via car from Kochi City, "Hidaka Village" is a beautiful village where rich great nature and idyllic Satoyama landscapes comfortably merge along the flow of the miracle pure stream Niyodo River. The top entertainment of Hidaka Village is the caving experience at "Saruda Cave," an authentic limestone cave exploration advancing through a pitch-black underground world lacking any lights with just a helmet, thoroughly captivating international active travelers seeking genuine adventures. Furthermore, unique local gastronomy such as the "Omurice Street" luxuriously utilizing fresh tomatoes grown inside the village is highly popular. Enjoying canoeing and SUP along the...

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Niyodogawa Outdoor Center

Based in Niyodogawa Town, "Niyodogawa Outdoor Center" is a highly popular activity base providing tours of "Crystal Kayaking" (completely transparent canoes)—which has become a global trend—set in the most transparent, beautiful area of the Niyodo River. Experiencing an overwhelming non-daily feeling as if floating directly atop the water while clearly observing the beautiful "Niyodo Blue" river bottom and fish swimming leisurely below through the canoe bottom is a spectacular view guaranteed to shine on social media, thoroughly captivating travelers worldwide. Experienced, friendly guides kindly provide support in English, allowing even beginners to safely enjoy the rich natural blessings of the...

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Uryu Falls

Located at the deepest area of Nakatsu Gorge, "Uryu Falls" is a dynamic masterpiece waterfall full of overwhelming life force, rushing down with intense water sprays and thunderous roars from a narrow gap of sheer vertical cliffs over a drop of about 20 meters. Its wild yet beautiful water flow invoking a silhouette of a dragon ascending to heaven is truly a magnificent artwork created by great nature. The area around the waterfall basin is filled with an abundant cushion of negative ions and crisp, cold air where outstandingly transparent "Niyodo Blue" water spreads, wrapping visitors in a deep emotion...

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Nikobuchi Abyss

Sequestered deep within the mountain wilderness of Ino Town along a tributary of the Niyodo River, "Nikobuchi Abyss" is a spectacular scenic waterfall basin radiating a mystical beauty unavailable elsewhere, praised as the representative absolute pinnacle of "Niyodo Blue." Depending on the angle and time of solar rays piercing through the spaces between trees, the water color fantastically and fluidly transforms from emerald green to deep cobalt blue, a breathtakingly beautiful sight that thoroughly captivates photographers and travelers globally. Since ancient times, this place has been deeply revered by local people as a sacred destination of the water god where...

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Miyazaki no Kawara Camp Site

Located along the vast riverbed of the beautiful Niyodo River flowing through Niyodogawa Town, "Miyazaki no Kawara Camp Site" is a supreme nature resort where domestic and international outdoor lovers gather, surrounded by lush green beautiful mountains. The top charm of this place is the clear stream of outstandingly transparent "Niyodo Blue" spreading right before your eyes. You can casually enjoy swimming (river play), canoeing, and Stand-Up Paddleboarding (SUP) within pure water where even stones at the river bottom can be clearly seen at any time. The comfortable free camp site offers an outstanding sense of openness; completely detaching from...

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Hijiri Shrine

Sequestered hiddenly within a sheer vertical cliff cave in the rugged mountain wilderness of Ochi Town, "Hijiri Shrine" is an underground secret power spot drifting with divine spiritual energy and mystical silence. The greatest feature is the heavy wooden main hall built in the "Kake-zukuri" (overhanging stilt) architecture, fitting perfectly inside a giant depression of a vertical rock wall. Stepping inside completely wraps visitors in an overwhelming solemnity and mystical silence. The rugged mountain paths and steep stone steps continuing to the main hall present a spiritual journey itself to experience ancient Japanese mountain ascetic practices firsthand. Incorporating human structural...

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Nakatsu Gorge

Nakatsu Gorge in Niyodogawa Town is a premier canyon spot in Japan boasting a dynamic sculptural beauty of rocks, uniquely carved out as the pure streams of the Nakatsu River eroded rugged limestone mountain faces over immense timelines. Crystal-clear water shimmering in a crystal-like blue praised as "Niyodo Blue" flows fiercely between mossy giant rocks with absolute dynamism. Well-maintained walking paths and bridges continue for about 2.3 kilometers within the valley, allowing for a trekking experience just like exploring a giant rock maze. The top highlight is the "Uryu Falls" with a drop of about 20 meters, rushing down with...

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Anui Gorge

Anui Gorge, expanding across the absolute upstream areas of the Niyodo River, is Kochi's representative pinnacle of canyon beauty, where untouched, primitive great nature breathes. Here, you can dynamically experience "Niyodo Blue"—the unique beauty shimmering in breathtakingly transparent emerald green or cobalt blue—at its absolute finest. Pure streams flowing with fierce white sprays between giant rock faces smoothly carved out over vast timelines are truly artworks created by nature. The top highlights are "Suisho-buchi" (Crystal Abyss), where water color fantastically transforms depending on the angle of light, and the fiercely rushing "Hiryu Falls." Its contrast woven with fresh green or...

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Kochi Municipal Ryoma’s Birthplace Memorial Museum

Located in Kamimachi, Kochi City, the "Kochi Municipal Ryoma's Birthplace Memorial Museum" is a beautiful, highly interactive history museum standing on the exact land where Sakamoto Ryoma, the great hero of the late Edo period, was born and raised. Utilizing realistic dioramas, cutting-edge digital videos, and audio guides, visitors can funly and deeply learn about the rigorous environment of Ryoma's childhood, the castle town's history and culture that nurtured his free-spirited personality, and warm family bonds. Stone monuments indicating Ryoma's exact birthplace stand nearby, letting you experience history on the real spot. It is an ideal spot for intellectually curious...

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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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Mt. Yokokura

Mt. Yokokura in Ochi Town, despite being a relatively low mountain with an altitude of 474 meters, is a mountain hiking treasure trove of mystical botanical worlds and dynamic geological histories, thoroughly captivating international nature hikers as one of Japan's premier botanical sanctuaries. Globally renowned as a mountain where world-class botanist Dr. Tomitaro Makino frequently visited and discovered numerous new species, the climbing path covered by mossy old cedars and rare primitive forests provides visitors with deep healing just by walking. Furthermore, it is an academically highly precious mountain where Japan's oldest geological stratum "Silurian period" fossils from about 400...

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