Place famous for fall foliage or new greenery Spots in Kochi Area

  • Kuroson Gorge
    Travel / Tourism
    Kochi Shimanto-shi Nishitosaokuyanai
    The gorge along the Kuroson River, considered the Shimanto River’s most beautiful tributary. Covered in a forest of kuma sasa bamboo and old growth beech, it's beautiful in any season but particularly wonderful in the fall with its colorful foliage. The best time to see the leaves is from early to mid-November. A hike to Mt. Hachimen and Mt. Sanbongui takes about three and a half hours.

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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.

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