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Sukumo (Tanoura Fishing Port)

Located in the southern part of Sukumo City facing the calm and beautiful Sukumo Bay, "Tanoura Fishing Port" is a hidden coastal town where a relaxed island time and Japan's rustic sea living breathe deeply. Surrounded by a highly transparent, rich sea, this port serves not only as a landing base for fresh marine products but also as an underground sacred site secretly loved by international cyclists, anglers, and divers. Especially in the winter season, it is famous as a magnificent viewpoint for the "Daruma Sunset (or Sunrise)," a fantastical natural phenomenon where the setting sun distorts into a shape...

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Kuroson River

Boasting outstanding transparency among numerous tributaries of the Shimanto River and selected among the "Top 100 Pristine Waters of the Heisei Era," the "Kuroson River" is a hidden ultimate retreat clear stream spot where untouched, primitive beautiful great nature remains perfectly. The crystal clear water shimmering in a magnificent "Kuroson Blue" where even patterns of stones at the river bottom can be clearly seen deeply purifies your mind and body the moment you step inside. The surrounding area is covered by one of Japan's largest vast primeval beech forests, turning into brilliant red and yellow during the autumn foliage season...

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Tatsukushi Coast

The "Tatsukushi Coast" in Tosashimizu City is a premier geological odd-rock scenic destination in Japan, where tectonic wonder sculptures stretch across about 1 kilometer, carefully carved out by grand Pacific Ocean rough waves and tidal winds over immense timelines. Coastal rock layers of sandstone and mudstone have been uniquely eroded to create shapes looking exactly like giant bamboo joints, bamboo forests, or dragon scales, with its non-daily landscape gathering worldwide admiration as a "Natural Geological Museum" for adventurers and travelers. Walking paths are well-maintained, allowing for strolls with a feeling of exploring a mystical rock maze, alongside glass-bottom boats operating...

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Ryugahama Camp Site Snorkeling Experience

Located just before Kashiwajima Island in Otsuki Town, "Ryugahama Camp Site" is a yearned-for ocean resort for domestic and international outdoor lovers, with a beautiful sea boasting an overwhelmingly high transparency spreading right before your eyes. The top charm of this place is the top-tier "snorkeling" experience available just by taking a single step into the sea from the beach. Because it is a warm marine area receiving the blessings of the Kuroshio Current, you can closely observe colorful table coral colonies and hundreds of varieties of colorful tropical fish like anemonefish swimming leisurely, allowing for a deep emotion as...

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Solt Bee Complete Solar-Drying Salt Making Experience

Located along the beautiful coastline of Kuroshio Town, "Solt Bee" is a highly popular workshop facility where you can enjoy a real, fun experience of the traditional "Complete Solar-Drying Salt" manufacturing process under the grand Pacific Ocean's natural blessings. Here, entirely lacking fire equipment (kiln baking), you can observe up close the highly advanced techniques of craftsmen utilizing solely solar heat and pleasant sea breezes over many weeks to transform seawater into beautiful emerald green salt crystals. Actually entering the salt houses to harvest sparkling salt is top-tier entertainment for international tourists. Mineral-rich handmade salt condensing the ocean's rich blessings...

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Tosa no Shiomaru Salt Making Experience

Located in Kuroshio Town, "Tosa no Shiomaru" is a highly creative experiential spot where you can learn with all five senses about traditional "Complete Solar-Drying Salt Making" that crystalizes beautiful Pacific Ocean seawater naturally, utilizing solely the power of sun and wind without using fire at all. The sight of craftsmen gently massaging beautiful salt crystals every single day by hand inside wooden vinyl houses stands as the very pinnacle of Japanese craftsmanship. International tourists can not only learn about nature's mechanisms from the craftsmen's hot passion but also participate in workshops to actually harvest salt by themselves and create...

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Kitagawa Village

Kitagawa Village, located deeply within the mountain valleys of eastern Kochi Prefecture, is a beautiful mountain village wrapped in rich forests and pure stream blessings, celebrated as the hometown of the great late-Edo hero Nakaoka Shintaro. The greatest surprise of this village is that it houses "The Garden of Claude Monet Marmottan in Kitagawa Village," which is the only garden globally officially permitted to replicate the Giverny gardens loved by the French impressionist master Claude Monet. Meticulous pond scenes of water lilies mirroring beautiful light and water are highly photogenic, drawing art fans from throughout the world. Furthermore, Kitagawa Village...

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Yasuda Town

Yasuda Town, located in the eastern part of Kochi Prefecture, is an idyllic and beautiful mountain town receiving the blessings of the grand Shikoku Mountains and the "Yasuda River," globally famous as Japan's premier pristine stream for sweetfish. Carefully preserved within the center of town is the "Yasudaza," a beautiful, retro wooden playhouse theater built in the Taisho period, conveying the nostalgia of good old Japanese mass culture to this day. Furthermore, it cradles the master brewery of "Minami," a representative premium sake of Tosa crafted using pure underground waters of the pristine Yasuda River, allowing you to deeply experience...

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Tano Town

Known as the smallest municipality in terms of area in Shikoku, "Tano Town" is a lively coastal town where deep history and a rich food culture are condensed within a compact area. Having historically flourished as a gathering base for the premium timber "Yanase Cedar" cut from the Shikoku Mountains, prestigious heavy red-brick storehouses and the beautiful Taisho-period architecture "Former Oka Residence" are carefully protected as historical legacies within the town. Furthermore, complete solar-and-wind powered "Complete Solar-Drying Salt Making" experiences that crystalize seawater pumped from the fronting Pacific Ocean entirely without using fire are immensely popular among international tourists. Nurtured...

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Aki City

Located in the eastern part of Kochi Prefecture, "Aki City" is a history-emotion rich, beautiful castle town embraced by the grand sea of the Pacific Ocean and rich green mountains. The "Doi Kachu" district, designated as a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings, deeply retains beautiful live hedges and heavy samurai residences with their Edo-period appearances intact, conveying the breath of the samurai era to this day. Furthermore, the town's symbol "Nora-dokei" (Field Clock), entirely hand-constructed by a local engineer during the Meiji period, stands as a highly photogenic landmark within idyllic rural landscapes. With thriving high-level...

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Geisei Village

Geisei Village, located in the eastern part of Kochi Prefecture, is a highly peaceful, beautiful coastal village where a vast Pacific Ocean spreads right before your eyes and idyllic rural landscapes comfortably harmonize with beautiful shorelines under warm climates. The greatest highlight is "Kotogahama Beach," where beautiful pine forests and white sands continue for about 4 kilometers, widely celebrated also as a famous destination for moon viewing, deeply healing international travelers' hearts at night with spectacular scenes of star-filled skies and beautiful moonlight mirroring over the sea surface with nothing blocking it. Indoor horticulture of specialty beautiful flowers and citrus...

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Nahari Town

Located along the eastern coastline of Kochi Prefecture, "Nahari Town" is a history-emotion rich coastal port town that has flourished since ancient times as a base for trading, receiving the blessings of the calm Tosa Bay sea and the pure Nahari River. Carefully protected in the center of town are prestigious old storehouses, merchant houses with beautiful white plaster walls, and private homes built from the Edo to Meiji periods, allowing visitors to deeply immerse themselves in former prosperity and traditional architectural aesthetics while slowly strolling the old streets. Furthermore, the sea of Nahari boasts a high transparency, serving as...

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Umaji Village

Umaji Village, located deeply in the mountains of eastern Kochi Prefecture with forests occupying about 96% of the village, is one of the beautiful "Most Beautiful Villages in Japan," where traditional Japanese Satoyama landscapes remain miraculously. The top pride of the village is the cultivation of highly fragrant "Yuzu" citrus fruits nurtured by pure mountain spring waters and crisp air. The yuzu processing factories inside the village are open as stylish observation spaces and direct-sales stores, whose experiences of tasting exquisite yuzu juice and ponzu sauce are immensely popular among international tourists. Walking the village, rich citrus scents drift through...

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Toyo Town

Toyo Town, located at the absolute northeastern tip of Kochi Prefecture along the border with Tokushima, is a premier marine resort in Shikoku sandwiched between the beautiful blue sea of the grand Pacific Ocean and lush green mountains. Especially "Ikumi Beach" hits year-round stable, high-grade waves, celebrating its name as a representative "Surfing Mecca in Japan" that draws surfers and beach lovers worldwide. White sand coastal lines continuous at Shirahama Beach offer highly substantial activities such as camping, sea kayaking, and SUP (Stand-Up Paddleboarding). Avoiding excessive commercialization, it stands as a hidden paradise where you can luxuriously savor relaxed southern...

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Muroto City

Located at the eastern tip of Kochi Prefecture and projecting dynamically into the Pacific Ocean, "Muroto City" is a marine city designated as a UNESCO Global Geopark, where you can experience the earth's powerful life force with all five senses. Rugged coastline landscapes of giant unusual rocks like "Cape Muroto" and mystical caves where Kobo Daishi Kukai achieved enlightenment present untouched, dynamic natural environments that fascinate international history and nature enthusiasts. In recent years, unique cultural developments like the hugely popular "Muroto School-Aquarium" renovating a former school are also gathering attention. Complete with health experiences utilizing deep seawater and exquisite...

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Muroto School-Aquarium

Muroto School-Aquarium, located in Muroto City, is a unique, nostalgic aquarium that has gathered worldwide attention, boldly renovating an elementary school building closed due to declining birthrates. Stepping inside, original vaulting horses, desks, and blackboards are utilized as exhibition fixtures, allowing you to touch a nostalgic aspect of Japanese school culture. The biggest surprise is the outdoor 25-meter swimming pool turned into a giant water tank, where you can closely observe sea turtles, sharks, and large fish swimming leisurely. Hand-washing areas have also been converted into touch pools, allowing direct interaction with local marine life from Muroto's sea. It is...

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Kochi Castle Museum of History

Standing right before Kochi Castle, the "Kochi Castle Museum of History" is a cutting-edge history museum housing and exhibiting about 67,000 pieces of high-class ancient documents and fine arts and crafts including National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties handed down to the prestigious Yamauchi family, lords of the Tosa domain. Within the beautifully refined modern interior, authentic samurai swords, armor, gorgeous Noh costumes, and genuine letters handwritten by Sakamoto Ryoma are displayed in an easy-to-understand manner, allowing international tourists to deeply learn the spirituality of Japanese samurai culture. The biggest highlight is the location from the 3rd floor observation lobby;...

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Mt. Kuishi

Mt. Kuishi, located in the northern part of Kochi City with an altitude of 1,176 meters, is a mountain hiking landmark rich in untouched primeval forests and magnificent panoramic views, deeply loved by Kochi citizens since ancient times. Climbing paths are beautifully maintained, allowing even beginners and international hikers to casually enjoy authentic trekking. The route is packed with highlights such as mossy primeval forests of Toga (Japanese hemlock) and Hinoki (cypress), the dynamic giant rock "Aka Natural Cedar," and the thrilling sheer precipice "Saino-kawara" if climbed. From the observation gallery at the summit, an grand grand panorama unfolds under...

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Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden

The "Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden" in Kochi City is a beautiful sacred botanical sanctuary where plant fans and nature-loving travelers from worldwide gather, established to honor the achievements of Dr. Tomitaro Makino, praised as the father of Japanese botany. Utilizing the vast terrain of Mt. Godai, more than 3,000 species of seasonal beautiful flowers and rare tropical plants are cultivated in perfect harmony, centered around wild plants related to the doctor. The beautiful wooden structures that won architecture accolades and the giant greenhouse looking as if wandering into a jungle are highly photogenic. Packed with displays of meticulous, beautiful...

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Katsurahama Beach

Katsurahama Beach, a representative scenic landmark of Kochi City, is Kochi's premier high-class scenic site expanding in a beautiful bow shape facing the Pacific Ocean. The contrast woven by white sandy beaches, five-colored pebbles, and green pine forests lining behind radiates a traditional beauty just like a single Japanese painting. Celebrated since ancient times as a famous place for viewing the moon in waka poems, the "Sakamoto Ryoma Statue" stands looking out at the Pacific at the eastern edge's Ryuzu Cape, with historical romance drifting through the air. Walking the paths allows you to feel the powerful marine dynamism of...

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Niyodo Adventure

Based in Niyodogawa Town, "Niyodo Adventure" is a highly popular outdoor professional group providing premier, authentic canyoning and packrafting tours set in the most beautiful and rugged upstream areas of the Niyodo River—praised as the "Miracle Pure Stream." Experiencing sliding down natural water slides or diving into the pure stream from steep cliffs within a canyon shimmering in outstanding transparency and cobalt blue "Niyodo Blue" is pure excitement. Because experienced, internationally diverse guides kindly provide support in English, adventure-loving travelers from abroad can participate with peace of mind. It is the ultimate adventure resort to fully fill yourself with the...

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Saruda Cave

Saruda Cave in Hidaka Village is a history-rich hideaway secret spot where you can experience authentic "caving" (limestone cave exploration) advancing through a pitch-black world completely lacking artificial lights or paved tourist paths. Featured even in historical records from the Edo period, this limestone cave extends for a total length of about 1.4 kilometers, where participants advance while relying solely on flashlights and helmets, crawling through narrow rock gaps or climbing giant underground spaces. Mystical stalactites and stalagmites created over tens of thousands of years closely approach you inside the cave, letting you experience a realistic journey through the earth's...

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Sakamoto Ryoma Statue

Standing resolutely atop a hill at the scenic Katsurahama Beach in Kochi City, the "Sakamoto Ryoma Statue" is one of Japan's largest dignified bronze statues commemorating Sakamoto Ryoma, the great hero of Kochi who moved turbulent late-Edo Japan and laid the foundations of a modern state. Wearing traditional kimono alongside western boots and inserting his hand into his breast, Ryoma gazes at the distant Pacific Ocean with an overwhelming presence, conveying deep historical romance to this day. Especially during the spring and autumn tourist seasons, a special observation deck termed "Close Approach to Ryoma" is installed right beside the statue,...

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Cape Muroto

Cape Muroto, sharply projecting at the southeastern tip of Kochi Prefecture, is a magnificent spectacular scenic spot certified as a UNESCO Global Geopark where you can closely observe the dynamic history of the earth's crustal movements. Rugged odd rocks and giant rocks carved by rough waves of the Pacific Ocean line the coastline, with exotic landscapes featuring subtropical trees towering throughout expanding. Mysterious caves such as "Mikurodo," where Kobo Daishi Kukai once trained and achieved enlightenment, are located here, receiving high accolades from Western history and nature探訪 enthusiasts. From the pure white, Taisho-period lighthouse standing at the summit of the...

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