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Katsurahama Beach

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Urado

This is one of the places of scenic beauty which is representative of Kochi Prefecture. It is a popular venue for viewing the moon as it commands a view over Tosa Bay, and “Yosakoi” (traditional Kochi dance) melodies are also sung. At Katsurahama Beach, The Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum and a statue of the leader to which Tosa gave birth at the end of the Edo period, Sakamoto Ryoma as he calmly gazes in the direction of the Pacific Ocean and there is also a monument of the literary figure, Omachi Keigetsu. The Katsurahama Kangetsusai Festival is held around the time of the “Chushu no Meigetsu” (Harvest moon).
Sekkeiji Temple

3.5

35 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Nagahama 857-3

This temple belongs to the Rinzai sect of Myoshinji Temple and is located in Nagahama in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, and it is the 33rd temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It was built in 815 by Kukai as Kofukuji Temple of the Shingon sect, and Chosokabe Motochika, a Sengoku daimyo of Tosa, changed its affiliation to the Rinzai sect. Afterward, it became the family temple of the Chosokabe family and was renamed Sekkeiji Temple. Enshrined at the temple are the principal image of Bhaisajyaguru with flanking samurai, sculpted by Unkei in the Kamakura period, as well as the triad Vaisravana sculpted by Tankei, which have been designated National Important Cultural Properties.

桂浜から高知市内中心部へ車で移動途中に立ち寄りました。前に数台分の駐車場がありました。八十八箇所の第三十三札所です。解説を読むと鎌倉時代まで遡る古いお寺で明治になり一度廃仏毀釈で廃寺になったものを再度復興と歴史の流れにあるお寺のようです。隣に神社がありますが、元々の神仏混淆の名残りでしょうか。
Roadside Station Otsuki

4.0

42 Reviews

Transportation

Kouchi Pref. Hatagunotsukichou Hiromi 2610

This roadside station is located on the side of National Route 321 in Hiromi, Otsuki Town, Hata County. It offers the town’s local products including fresh fruits and vegetables harvested each morning, fresh fish, and side dishes. Other offerings include soft-serve ice cream made with local milk, strawberry shaved ice featuring strawberries grown on the on-site farm, and more. The station’s restaurant offers meals made with local ingredients, coffee made with beans roasted locally with Binchotan Charcoal, and more. The station, which features a park equipped with a large playset, also hosts Coral Illumination in Otsuki event during the winter.

ツアーで立ち寄りました。小さめの道の駅ですが、品ぞろえが充実していました。特に地元のものを使った商品が多く、お土産選びが楽しかったです。「ばんかん」という名の柑橘のゼリーがおいしかったです。生鮮食品もたくさんありましたが、旅行途中で買えず、残念でした。
Cape Ashizuri

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Tosashimizushi Ashizurimisaki

Cape Ashizuri is a cape at the very tip of Ashizuri Peninsula protruding out into the cobalt blue sea. The contrast of the white water crashing against the steep cliff faces and the blue of the deep sea is a sight worth seeing. The Cape Ashizuri Observatory commands a view of more than 270 degrees allowing visitors to truly appreciate the roundness of the earth.
Hachiyo-zan Zenjibu-ji Temple

4.5

28 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Nankokushi Tochi 3084

The Hachiyo-zan Zenjibu-ji Temple is the 32nd temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. According to tradition, the Temple was founded by the bodhisattva Gyoki in the 8th century on the orders of Emperor Shomu, to pray for the safety of ships crossing the sea to and from Tosa. Later on, Kobo Daishi visited the site, and carved a statue of the bodhisattva Kannon with eleven faces to serve as the main object of veneration for the Temple. During the era when this region was administered as part of the Tosa domain, successive lords of the domain maintained a close relationship with the Zenjibu-ji Temple, coming here to pray for a safe journey whenever they had to travel by sea when returning to Edo to fulfill their responsibilities under the alternate attendance system (which required the lords of each domain to spend half of their time in Edo). The Temple is familiarly known as “Minen-ji” or “Mine-ji” by locals, because of its location on Mt. Mine.

八葉山求聞持院禅師峰寺（はちようざんぐもんじいん...
Shakki-zan Enkoji Temple

4.0

28 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Sukumoshi Hiratachou Nakayama 390

This temple belongs to the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism and is located in Hirata Town in Sukumo City, Kochi Prefecture, and it is the 39th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. The honorific “Shakki-zan” mountain name affixed to the temple name originated in the year 911, when legends say a red turtle carried a copper temple bell here from the Dragon Palace. The bell is inscribed with the date 911 as well, and it is a National Important Cultural Property. The temple was constructed long ago. It is said that Gyoki sculpted the principal image of Bhaisajyaguru in 724, as well as built 12 residences for the Buddhist priests. On the temple grounds, there’s a stone statue of a large red turtle as well as a fountain associated with Kukai known as the “eyewash well” and said to cure eye ailments.

第３９番札所延光寺、愛媛県から高知県に入ってすぐの寺院です。竜宮城伝説が伝わり、眼病にご利益があるという古刹、境内も広くはないものの見ごたえがあってよかったです。国道からは少し細い道で５分ちょっと、アクセスも悪くなかったです。
Chikurinzan Konomineji Temple

4.0

26 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Akigunyasudachou Tounohama 2594

This temple on the side of Mt. Kounomine is located in Tounohama, Yasuda Town, Aki County. It is the 27th of 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Originally built during the time of Empress Jingu as a Shinto temple, Buddhist images were later enshrined there together with Shinto deities by the Buddhist priest Gyoki. It was later established as a Buddhist temple by the monk Kobo Daishi. An anecdote exists about the mother of Iwasaki Yataro, the founder of the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, who visited the temple 21 days in a row to wish for her son’s success.

第２７番札所神峯寺国道から山道へ、うねうねしながら進んだ先にひっそりと山肌に境内はあります。駐車場から山道を歩いて山門までは５分ほど、本堂はさらに階段を上り進みます。本堂は霧に包まれていて景色は楽しめませんでしたが雰囲気は素晴らしい。人もまばらでゆっくりとお参りすることができました。
Hokai-zan Dainichi-ji Temple

4.0

29 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kounanshi Noichichoubodaiji 476

The Hokai-zan Dainichi-ji Temple is the 28th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. It was founded in the 8th century when the bodhisattva Gyoki carved a statue of the Dainichi-Nyorai Buddha to serve as the main object of veneration for the Temple. The Temple was later abandoned; according to tradition, it was reestablished when Kobo Daishi visited the site and carved a statue of the Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha) out of a large Camphor tree with his fingernails. The Temple’s statue of the Konzaikai Dainichi Nyorai Buddha in a seated posture, which is said to have been carved by the bodhisattva Gyoki, has been designated as a National Important Cultural Property. The Hon-do (main hall), the renovation of which was completed in 1997, is made entirely of wood, fitted together without requiring the use of a single nail.

自分が宿泊していたホテルから近く、町中にあるお寺ですが雰囲気はよく、気持ちよく参拝できました。無料の駐車場もあります。
Manisan Kokubunji Temple

4.0

28 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Nankokushi Kokubu 546

This is a Shingon school Chisan-ha temple in Kokubu in Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture and is 29th temple of the 88 sacred places on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. The entire grounds are designated as a national historic site. It is one of the 68 kokubunji temples that Emperor Shomu built across the country and was established with the thousand-armed kannon that Gyoki made himself in 741 as the principal object of worship. It was later restored by Kobo Daishi as a Shingon school temple. The main hall with its Tenpyo period-style exterior and its interior with features of the Muromachi period, the temple bell and the wooden statue of the Bhaisajyaguru are Nationally Important Cultural Properties. The garden with its beautiful hair moss is also a must-see.

まわりは田んぼでのんびりした場所にある立派なお寺です。朝9時からお寺カフェでの抹茶や写経もできるようですが、自分が朝早く着いてしまい時間の都合上今回は体験していません。とてもいい雰囲気のお寺でしたので次回はこれらを体験しに再訪したいです。
Kongochoji Temple

4.0

29 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Murotoshi Moto Otsu 523

This temple is 26th of the 88 sacred places on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. It is said that Kobo Daishi made the Bhaisajyaguru at the behest of Emperor Heizei and the temple was established with this at the principal object of worship. It was originally a temple that did not allow women therefore they had to worship at the women’s temple that had been built around four kilometers away. It has several Buddhist statues including the wooden seated statue of Amitabha stored in the repository and which have been designated as Nationally Important Cultural Properties. There is a large red pot called the Ichiryu Manbai Pot and it is said Kobo Daishi saved the people from starvation by cooking rice in the pot and multiplying it by 10,000.

第２６番札所金剛頂寺思ったほど高台にはありませんが少し登ります。うっそうとした原生林に囲まれている先には広い境内。夕方に差し掛かりそうな時間で人影はまばらだったのでゆっくりとお参りしながら見て回ることができました。
Katsuobune

3.5

35 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Nida 201-2

This drive-in rest stop is located on the side of the Kuroshio Line in Niida, Kochi City. It features four restaurants for visitors to enjoy. At the Tosa Tataki Dojo, guests can eat freshly-caught skipjack tuna they seared themselves with burning straw. At the café Kashiko, guests can enjoy sweets made with adzuki bean paste. Other restaurants include Kujira no Ippuku, which offers seared skipjack tuna donburi (rice bowls), and Omusubi Kororin, which specialized in udon noodles. There is also a shop that offers processed Tosa seafood products, local sake, local sweets, and other local products.

桂浜の観光を終えて、空港に向かう途中で、最後のお土産を購入する場所として立ち寄りましたが、特に珍しいものも販売されてなく、店内を散策するだけしかしカツオを食べる事も出来ますので、ランチには良かったかもしれません。
Nishijima Horticultural Park

3.5

34 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kouchi Pref. Nankokushi Hataeda 600

A fruits and flowers tourist farm in Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture, where visitors can enjoy sweet melons and watermelons all year round. About 200 kinds of tropical flowers including bougainvillea and hibiscus, carnivorous plants and cactus, etc. are cultivated and on display in the nursery house, and there are many potted plants for sale too. Strawberry picking is possible from January through to early June with the large, sweet benihoppe and sachinoka varieties on offer. Their specially made fruit jams, such as strawberry jam and melon jam are popular as souvenirs.

There’re so many kind of flowers and fruits all the time! You can also taste great foods and sweets there!
Ino-Cho Paper Museum

4.0

33 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kouchi Pref. Agawaguninochou Saiwaimachi 110-1

The Ino-Cho Paper Museum is a specialist paper museum located approximately 10 minutes’ walk from Ino Station (on the JR Dosan Line). The Museum was opened in 1985 with the aim of helping to revitalize the production of Tosa Washi (Tosa traditional handmade paper), one of Japan’s traditional handicrafts. The permanent exhibitions include displays on the history of Washi traditional paper, the related cultural traditions, the materials and tools used to make Washi paper, etc. There are also papermaking demonstrations and opportunities to try your hand at making paper yourself. Special exhibitions are held on ongoing basis. It costs 400 yen to have a go at making two sheets of colored paper or eight postcards in the Papermaking Experience Corner. The papermaking experience activity takes around one hour; groups of 10 or more people are requested to book in advance.

It was an interesting tour, learning about Japanese paper but I had no interest prior to the tour. Watching the demonstration was the best part.
Dodo-zan Zenraku-ji Temple

3.5

22 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Ikkushinane 2-23-11

The Dodo-zan Zenraku-ji Temple is the 30th temple of the Shikoku 88-temple Pilgrimage. During the period when the boundaries between Shintoism and Buddhism were relatively fluid, Kobo Daishi established the Zenraku-ji Temple as a Betto-ji (Buddhist temple associated with a Shinto shrine) of the Takagamo Daimyojin Shrine (the most prestigious Shinto shrine in the Tosa region). The Temple received protection from the Tosa domain, and flourished for many years. However, the Temple was closed down during the anti-Buddhist movement of the Meiji period; it was reestablished in 1929. The statue of Kobo Daishi in the Temple is known as Yakuyoke Daishi. The statue of Jizo (the Protector of Children) in the Koyasu Jizo Hall within the Temple precincts is also said to have been modeled on Kobo Daishi.

第３０番札所善楽寺こちらに到着したときは雨も風も少し落ち着いていました。土佐神社と隣接しており駐車場は一緒、あまり台数は停める事できませんので余裕をもっての訪問がおすすめです。境内はあまり広くないので参拝もしやすいです。
Roadside Station Tanoekiya

4.0

29 Reviews

Transportation

Kouchi Pref. Aki-gun Tanocho Kamishimata 1431-1

This roadside station located on the side of Tosa-higashi Highway in Tano Town, Aki County is part of Tano Station. Its shop offers regional specialties, fresh seafood, vegetables harvested fresh each morning by local farmers, bento boxes, side dishes, and more. The station’s food corner offers udon and other types of noodles, rice dishes such as their surimidon (which features fried fish paste coated with Tosa Jiro eggs and served on a bowl of rice), ice cream, and more. It also offers tourist information and rental cycles, making it a good base for sightseeing in the surrounding area.

鉄道「ごめん〜なはり線」の駅も兼ねている道の駅です。柚子を使った食品や、芋けんぴなど高知のお菓子などが販売されていました。私達は幾つかお菓子を購入しました。また食堂も併設されていますがメニューに地元色は少なかったです。ちなみに電気自動車の充電スタンドがありました。
Roadside Station Osugi

3.5

27 Reviews

Transportation

Kouchi Pref. Nagaokagunotoyochou Sugi 743-1

This roadside station is located on the side of the Tosakita Highway in Sugi, Otoyo Town, Nagaoka County. It offers items including goishicha tea, a local specialty, processed yuzu citrus products, and more. The diner offers items such as their Tachikawa soba, which feature soba noodles made with 100% buckwheat flour, their goishicha gozen set meals, and more.

小さな売店ですが、売られているお土産の中には目をひくものがあります。 2000円以上買ったので、JAFカードの提示で、道の駅ストラップをもらいました。
Yamauchi Shinto Shirine

3.5

45 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kochi Kochi-shi Takajomachi 2-4-65

Fujinami Shrine was built on the grounds of Kochi Castle by the 10th feudal lord Toyokazu in 1806. It honors Kazutoyo and his wife Kenshoin (Chiyo) as well as the second feudal lord Tadayoshi. A new shrine was built to honor the achievements of the 15th feudal lord Toyoshige and 16th feudal lord Toyonori, active at the end of the Edo period and during the Meiji restoration. It was completed in 1934, given its current name, and declared an Imperial Shrine of Special Status. It still honors the historic figures listed above.

名前の通り、初代藩主山内一豊をはじめ土佐藩の藩主であった人物を祀る神社です。夫人である見性院も祀られているのはやはり扱いが他の女性との違いを感じます。ゆったりした作りの神社で落ち着いていて散策にぴったりの場所でした。
Musasabi no sato

3.5

25 Reviews

Transportation

Kouchi Pref. Agawa-gun Inocho Kamiyakawako 1160-2

This roadside station on the side of National Route 194, which connects central Kochi Prefecture with Ehime Prefecture, is located between Kochi City and the border shared by the two prefectures. It is well-known as a rest stop for people driving the Setouchi Shimanami Kaido Expressway, which connects Shikoku with Honshu. The surrounding area gained the nickname “Niyodo Blue” in recent years for the beautiful main stream and tributaries of the Niyodo River, a class A river. The area is visited by many tourists due to its popularity on social media. In addition to people seeking great mountain climbers and fall foliage, the spot is also extremely popular with motorcycle tourists and cyclists. The central facility of the relatively small roadside station is its local products shop. Leveraging its location amongst the mountains, the shop offers many handcrafted products made the old-fashioned way with natural ingredients that cannot be found anywhere else. Visitors can always enjoy a hot meal or a variety of handmade sweets at the station’s two food shops, “Shokujidokoro Hachikinya” and “Mori no Chiisa na Okashiyasan”.

仁淀ブルーを見に行く際に利用。周囲には飲食店などもほとんどないところで、ここで遅いお昼をとHPで17時までの営業時間を確認の上訪れたのが15時過ぎ、既に「本日は閉店」との張り紙でした。道の駅を名乗る施設でこういう経験は初めてであり、関わらない方が良い場所と判断、早々に立ち去りました。
Kochi Literary Museum

4.0

37 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Kouchishi Marunouchi 1-1-20

Kochi Literary Museum sits proudly at the foot of the hill on which Kochi Castle is situated. The displays, which are arranged both chronologically and by theme, include materials relating to, and works by, approximately 40 authors and literati with links to the Kochi area, ranging from Kino Tsurayuki—the author of the Tosa Nikki (“Tosa Diary”), which is the earliest surviving literary diary written in Japanese—to modern authors such as Hiro Arikawa. The Kochi Literary Museum has adopted a unique approach to its permanent exhibitions, holding rotating exhibitions that feature both authors whose anniversaries are being commemorated, and exhibitions on authors who have recently become a focus of interest. Every visit to the Museum is sure to provide an opportunity to learn something new about literature. Kochi Literary Museum also has a special commemorative room dedicated to the physicist and essayist Terada Torahiko, who was born in Kochi, and a special exhibition on the world portrayed in the literary works of Miyao Tomiko, with displays of manuscripts, letters, pictures and other important materials.

高知城の城郭の周辺には今工事中の県立図書館や歴史博物館がありますが、外壁が石張りの重厚な建物が、高知県ゆかりの作家や作品を紹介する文学館になっていました。古くは土佐日記の紀貫之や、近代では、司馬遼太郎、大岡昇平、井伏鱒二、高浜虚子など読書家には必見の文学館です。
Roadside Station Bios Ogata Hinataya

4.0

23 Reviews

Transportation

Kouchi Pref. Hatagunkuroshiochou Ukibuchi 953-1

This is a roadside rest station along National Route 56 in Kuroshio Town, Hata County, Kochi Prefecture. It is at a great location about one minute walk from the ocean and visitors can enjoy resting, shopping and eating overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The cafeteria’s specialty is the “seared bonito burger”. There are also a variety of dishes that use ingredients from Kochi’s mountains and the sea such as “mackerel cutlet set meal” and “bonito miso chazuke (boiled rice in soup)”. At the wholesale store, seared bonito, local vegetables, dried products, town specialty products, and ice creams are sold.

四国に訪れた際は伺います毎回楽しみにしてます今回は空いていたのでしらす丼頂きました人気のラーメンもかつおのたたき定食も頂きましたコロナ対策もバッチリで皆さん笑顔で頑張ってましたただご当地ガチャポンがお金を入れても出てこなくて残念でした

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Kochi Areas

The largest of Shikoku’s prefectures, Kochi is endowed with some of the island’s most exceptional sand beaches lining the Pacific Ocean, which narrows into the Shimanto-gawa, a huge river that stretches 196 kilometers into the prefecture, passing verdant mountains and hosting countless riverside activities. Whether you’re a pilgrim or not, Kochi’s 16 Buddhist temples that make up one leg of the Shikoku Pilgrimage are worth a visit, particularly Chikurin-ji for its five-tier pagoda.