Other Historic Site/Building Spots in Shimanto River / Ashizuri Area

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Shimanto River / Ashizuri

Category

Travel / Tourism

History / Culture / Tour

Other Historic Site/Building

Nakamura Castle Ruins (Tamematsu Park)

Travel / Tourism

Kouchi Pref. Shimantoshi Nakamura

This public park is located near the Shimanto Historical Museum. It was the former site of Nakamura Castle (also known as Tamematsu Castle), which was built by Tamematsu during the Onin War. The park on a hill where you can see the townscape of Nakamura brings to mind Kyoto and extends in a square pattern, and is known as a popular cherry blossom viewing spot. Planted with approximately 500 Yoshino cherry trees, you can enjoy them when in full bloom from late March to early April, and also fantastic night cherry blossoms when paper lanterns are illuminated during the Shimanto River Flower and Cherry Blossom festivals.
Hamada no Tomariya

Travel / Tourism

Kochi Sukumo-shi Yamanacho Yoshina Miyanoshita 1307

"From the end of the Edo period through the Meiji period, it was the custom for young men in the villages of the Hata area to build and stay in a ""tomariya"" cabin. Also called ""yagura,"" the tomariya of the Hata region were always built as detached structures with raised floors, and several hundred were built in the area. Today, four tomariya remain standing in the Yoshina neighborhood."
Kashiwa Shima Ishitsutsumi

Travel / Tourism

Kochi Hata-gun Otsukicho Kashiwa Shima
Fossil ream marks of Chihiromisaki

Travel / Tourism

Kochi Prefecture Tosashimizu

Kochi Shimanto River / Ashizuri

Travel / Tourism History / Culture / Tour Other Historic Site/Building

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.