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Shimanto Town, located in the southwestern part of Kochi Prefecture, expands across the mid-stream areas of the “Shimanto River”\u2014termed Japan’s last pristine stream\u2014standing 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”\u2014the 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 an area where you can luxuriously satisfy yourself with untouched rich great nature and warm Japanese country living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shimanto Town, located in the southwestern part of Kochi Prefecture, expands across the mid-stream areas of the “Shimanto River”\u2014termed Japan’s last pristine stream\u2014standing 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”\u2014the 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 an area where you can luxuriously satisfy yourself with untouched […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kochi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShimanto Town | V-Trip Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shimanto Town, located in the southwestern part of Kochi Prefecture, expands across the mid-stream areas of the "Shimanto River"\u2014termed Japan's last\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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