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Kochi
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- Cape Ashizuri (足摺岬) At 14 a shipwreck carried him to America: he came back in 1852 to teach navigation.
- Cape Muroto — Mikurodo Cave (室戸岬・御厨人窟) At 19, from the cave he saw only sky and sea: from this he took the name Kūkai.
- Chikurin-ji — temple 31 of the Shikoku Henro (五台山 竹林寺) The only one of the 88 temples dedicated to Monju: the pagoda holds relics from Bodhgaya, India.
- Harimaya-bashi (はりまや橋) Here a monk bought a hairpin for his beloved: the Yosakoi-bushi still sings of it.
- Hirome Ichiba (ひろめ市場) It inspired copies in Himeji and Takamatsu: the only one to last long, open since 1998.
- Ino Paper Museum — Tosa Washi (土佐和紙伝統産業会館) At its thinnest it measures 0.03 mm: the same area makes a machine-made version at 0.02.
- Kashiwajima (柏島) Almost 1,000 fish species along 4 km of coast: among the best diving sites in Japan.
- Katsurahama (桂浜) Sudden waves mean swimming is banned: rescue drills have been held since 2011, after a drowning.
- Katsurahama Aquarium (桂浜水族館) Open since 1931: 250 species in just 7,000 animals, and a pink walrus for a mascot.
- Kitagawa Monet Garden — Marmottan (北川村「モネの庭」マルモッタン) The only garden in the world allowed to use the name ‘Monet’, apart from Giverny itself.
- Kochi Castle (高知城) Burnt down in 1727, it was rebuilt in 1749, faithful to the style of the early seventeenth century.
- Makino Botanical Garden (高知県立牧野植物園) Opened in 1958, the year after Makino's death: today it grows 3,000 species in his memory.
- Nichiyō-ichi — the Sunday market (追手筋日曜市) Since 1690: every Sunday, 300 stalls along a kilometre, 17,000 people a day.
- Nikobuchi (にこ淵) A legend places a great serpent in the pool: swimming and food are still forbidden.
- Noichi Prefectural Zoo (高知県立のいち動物公園) In 2009 chimpanzee twins were born here and raised by their mother: a first in Japan.
- Ryūga-dō Cave (龍河洞) A Yayoi pot was engulfed by the stalactites: today the rock wraps around it without covering it.
- Shimanto River — Sada submersible bridge (四万十川・佐田沈下橋) 291.6 metres with no railings: the longest bridge the river swallows when it floods.
- Yanase Takashi Memorial Museum — Anpanman Museum (香美市立やなせたかし記念館 アンパンマンミュージアム) 12,968 original works by Yanase, who opened it in his lifetime because of his friend Tezuka, who died before him.
- Yosakoi Matsuri — Obiyamachi venue (よさこい祭り) In 2024, 184 teams and 17,000 dancers: it began in 1954 to fight the post-war crisis.
- Yusuhara — Kuma Kengo's village (梼原町・雲の上の建築群) Town hall, library, station and hotel: in a mountain village, all by Kuma Kengo.